The executive order has been met with challenges in federal court and protests around the country. by citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries. refugee program as well as travel to the U.S. Trump also talked in the address about his responsibility to keep the American people safe, and mentioned the executive order he signed late last month suspending the U.S. We will never ever forget those who serve. Trump traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware last week to be present when Owens’ remains were returned to his family.ĭuring his weekly address last Friday, Trump paid tribute to Owens as a “brave and selfless patriot.” citizen who was targeted and killed in 2011 by a U.S. More than half a dozen suspected militants and more than a dozen civilians were also killed, including the 8-year-old daughter of Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical cleric and U.S. service members were wounded in the operation. A Navy SEAL, Chief Special Warfare Operator William “Ryan” Owens, 36, of Peoria, Illinois, was killed, making him the first known U.S. Central Command, and a cameo from rarely-photographed. special operations forces on an al-Qaida compound in Yemen, the first military operation authorized by Trump. Reclusive Marvel CEO attends Trump’s speech at Central Command CNBC’s Eamon Javers reports on President Trump’s visit to U.S. Rick Scott before the flight to Washington.ĬENTCOM oversaw a recent raid by U.S. Trump also planned to meet with Florida Gov.
Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Michael Flynn, Trump’s national security adviser, were expected to attend the meetings. Trump spent the weekend at his estate in Palm Beach, Florida, with first lady Melania Trump, who had not appeared in public since shortly after her husband took office.Īt MacDill, the president is to be briefed by CENTCOM and SOCOM leaders, join troops for lunch and deliver a speech. military, was heading to the base Monday on the way back to Washington after his first weekend away from the White House. Trump, who is also commander in chief of the U.S. Special Operations Command.īoth military commands are headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. President Donald Trump is making his first visit to the headquarters for U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., Monday, Feb. Stanley McChrystal went so far as to call Trump “immoral.President Donald Trump speaks to troops while visiting U.S. "This is what happens when Trump follows his instincts and because of his alignment with autocrats,” Allen noted. John Allen, the former commander of American forces in Afghanistan, told CNN the events in Syria were "completely foreseeable" and that the U.S. troops out of Syria seems to have been the final straw for several leaders. Four-star generals were certainly not directing criticism specifically at the commander in chief. Courtesy Bill Frankīut even in these cases, criticism of the national command authority by members of the military was, at most, muted. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York on Oct. Jake Jacobs, former Secretary of Defense Gen. Invading Iraq was a huge mistake, and the error of doing so has not yet been fully realized. Fighting in Vietnam, while supporting its corrupt and inept government, was a deadly folly. We strenuously avoided getting involved in World War II, and as a result, millions of people were slaughtered before we finally answered the call. In America’s long history, we have made many strategic errors in the use of the military instrument of power.
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