tRump to U.S. troops in Iraq on December 26, 2018: "And we have some ideas that are more than ideas that are going to be just ... We like to win. Do we like to win? We’re gonna win."
tRump to U.S. troops in Iraq on December 26, 2018: "We felt very safe coming in. It was a pretty difficult journey in certain ways. But we felt very very good. Very safe. And also we knew exactly where we were going and we’re going ... "
tRump to U.S. troops in Iraq on December 26, 2018: "... as we get all of this billions and billions of dollars of new equipment that I approved over the last two years, you’re getting such new equipment your eyes are popping, right? Your eyes are popping."
tRump to U.S. troops in Iraq on December 26, 2018: "If they want us to do the fighting, they also have to pay a price and sometimes that’s also a monetary price so we’re not the suckers of the world. We’re no longer the suckers, folks. And people aren’t looking at us as suckers."
tRump to U.S. troops in Iraq on December 26, 2018: "I don’t know if you folks are aware of what’s happening. We want to have strong borders in the United States, the Democrats don’t want to let us have strong borders. Only for one reason. You know why? Because I want it."
tRump lies to U.S. troops in Iraq on December 26, 2018: "You haven’t gotten [a raise] in more than ten years. More than ten years. And we got you a big one. I got you a big one .I got you a big one."
tRump lies again to US troops in Iraq about pay raises on December 26, 2018: "You had plenty of people that came up and said, you know, we can make it smaller .. I said no. Make it ten percent. Make it more than ten percent. Because it’s been a long time." Raise was 2.8% in 2018.
tRump with military leaders in Iraq on December 26, 2018: "We're spread out all over the world. We're in countries that most people have never even heard about. And frankly it's ridiculous."
tRump with military leaders in Iraq on December 26, 2018: "Who wouldn't want to be Secretary of Defense? Even these folks would like to be Secretary of Defense. Who wouldn't want to be?"
tRump, with military leaders in Iraq on December 26, 2018, claims (again) that he gave a contract for 115 miles of wall, but nobody is able to confirm this and he is not authorized to do this without congressional approval.
tRump, with military leaders in Iraq on December 26, 2018, claims "We have been building a lot of wall," but my understanding is that existing wall has been repaired and no new wall has not been built.
tRump, with military leaders in Iraq on December 26, 2018, on if he was concerned for his safety about coming to Iraq: "I mean look, I had concerns about the institution of the presidency because, not for myself personally. I had concerns for the First Lady, I will tell you."
ERRATUM: In the second to last tweet in this thread, I wrote " ... my understanding is that existing wall has been repaired and no new wall has not been built." I intended to write "my understanding is that existing wall has been repaired and no new wall has been built."
