How Trump is changing minds on pulling US troops out of Syria

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President Trump’s gut tells him it’s time to get out of Syria.

Just about everyone else — allies, enemies, Democrats and Republicans in Congress, his own national security advisers and prominent think-tankers — all say a quick withdrawal after the nominal defeat of the Islamic State would be a serious mistake.

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