Donald Trump's isolationist agenda faces an immediate challenge in Syria

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : "Jake Sullivan, Biden's National Security Adviser, told CBS on Monday that he is in close contact with Mike Walz, who has been named by Trump as his incoming head of national security, and that "the Trump team is looking at this in a serious and professional way.
59% : This is particularly true for Trump, a leader who made immigration so central to his campaign.
53% : ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWTrump is still six weeks out from his return to the White House, and any sway he has over international politics is only in anticipation of him becoming the so-called leader of the free world.
49% : These pre-presidential undertakings are all with an eye to shrinking America's global footprint once Trump strides into the Oval Office.
38% : "With some 900 U.S. troops and contractors reportedly deployed at bases in northeastern Syria, being flippant about disengaging from Syria, if that is the plan that ultimately goes ahead, is not an option for Trump.
25% : "Syria is a mess, but is not our friend, and the United States should have nothing to do with it," Trump wrote on social media on Saturday.
16% : It was started by president Barack Obama in 2014; in 2019, Trump announced the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, calling it "the top national security priority of my administration.

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