Trump: ‘Great nations do not fight endless wars’

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President Trump gave an emphatic defense of his intention to conclude “endless wars,” one day after the Senate issued a warning against a “precipitous withdrawal” from Syria and Afghanistan.

“Great nations do not fight endless wars,” Trump declared during his second State of the Union address. “Our approach is based on principled realism.”

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