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The House of Representatives voted Wednesday, with the support of many Republican voices, a resolution condemning the US withdrawal from Syria. That's probably what angered Donald Trump when he received Congressional representatives.
With our correspondent in Washington, Anne Corpet
Donald Trump has a new reason for his decision to withdraw American troops from the region Wednesday arguing that the United States did not have to fight on Syrian soil , more than 11,000 kilometers away and the return of soldiers was one of his election promises. But in Washington, the decision of the president remains strongly contested including within his own camp.
129 of the 195 elected Republicans of the House of Representatives voted the resolution condemning the withdrawal of US troops from Syria. What to warm Donald Trump. The president blasted the leader of the Democratic majority in the House, Nancy Pelosi, during a meeting at the White House.
" He called her a low-level politician "
She suddenly left the scene, accompanied by Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Democratic minority in the Senate. " He was insulting. He called her a low-level politician. It was not a dialogue, but a diatribe! He said. " The President has cracked, it's sad to say, " reacted on his side Nancy Pelosi.
The Republicans stayed at the White House. But they, too, dispute the president's decision. His closest ally to the Senate, Lindsey Graham, said Wednesday. " He makes the biggest mistake of his presidency. "
" I want to leave the Middle East "
What Donald Trump responded to a few hours later. " Lindsey Graham would like us to stay the next thousand years in the Middle East with thousands of soldiers engaged in the wars of others. I want to leave the Middle East, "he defended himself.
The bipartisan resolution passed in the House was not submitted to senators. Mitch McConnell has not set a vote yet. But the leader of the Republican majority in the Senate also said he was opposed to the decision of Donald Trump.