“Fox and Friends” host Brian Kilmeade debated White House press secretary Sarah Sanders Friday morning over President Donald Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria. As Sanders echoed Trump’s remarks that he’s following through on a campaign pledge to bring troops home, Kilmeade pushed back, arguing Trump is “giving Russia a big win.” Russian President Vladimir Putin has applauded Trump’s decision. Kilmeade also pointed out Trump’s hypocrisy, arguing the president is “doing exactly what he criticized President Obama for doing.”“He said President Obama is the founder of ISIS,” Kilmeade said. “[Trump] just refounded ISIS, because they’ve got 30,000 men there, and they’re already striking back with our would-be evacuation. The president is really on the griddle with this.”As Sanders offered a rebuttal and argued Trump’s decision does not help ISIS, Kilmeade pushed back, saying “leaving is helping.”

Source: Huffington Post December 21, 2018 15:33 UTC