“President Trump has sent 14,000 American troops to the (Middle East) region since May. So he can't tell his political rallies that he's getting troops out of endless wars when he's sending 14 times the amount back into the region.”
Brett McGurk
Former American diplomat. in an MSNBC appearance. Claim dated 20 Oct 2019.
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Brett McGurk (Former American diplomat) made this claim around 20 October 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 October 2019, 2 days later. Its rating was “True”.
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