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Trump: US never agreed to protect Kurds in Syria l ABC News
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2:18Now PlayingPresident Donald Trump decided earlier this month to pull U.S. troops out of northeastern Syria, allowing Turkey to attack the U.S.allied Syrian Kurds. READ MORE
President Donald Trump on Monday, again defending his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria -- clearing the way for Turkish forces to attack U.S.-allied Syrian Kurds -- said, “We never agreed to protect the Kurds for the rest of their lives."
"We have a good relationship with the Kurds, but we never agreed to protect the Kurds. We have fought with them for three-and-a-half to four years. We never agreed to protect the Kurds for the rest of their lives," Trump said speaking to reporters at a White House Cabinet meeting for more than an hour Monday afternoon.
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