Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to release the European jihadists detained in Syria in their country of origin if European countries, such as France and Germany, did not repatriate them themselves.
During an exchange with journalists on the White House lawn about the resurgence of the Islamic State (IS) group, the US president spoke about the problem of IS foreign fighters captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces. , the Arab-Kurdish coalition on which the United States relied to dislodge IS from the region it controlled straddling Syria and Iraq.
"Keep them in Guantanamo for 50 years"
"We are holding thousands of ISIS fighters right now, and Europe needs to take them back," said the American billionaire. "If Europe does not take them back, I will have no choice but to release them in the countries from which they come, ie France, Germany and other places", he added. "We captured them, we have thousands, and now, as usual, our allies do not want them." "The United States will not keep them in Guantanamo for 50 years and pay for it," said the US billionaire.
Donald Trump also recalled that the Islamic "caliphate" of the Islamic State had been wiped off the map, calling on countries facing ISIS to do more to avoid a resurgence of the jihadist group. "At a certain point, Russia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, they will have to fight, too," he said. "Because we want to stay there 19 more years I do not think so, no."