Trump touts record as peacemaker and war-ender in town hall with undecided voters

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‘PEACE … WITHOUT LOSING OUR GREAT, YOUNG SOLDIERS’: In a town hall broadcast on ABC last night, President Trump called U.S. involvement in the Middle East “the worst decision in the history of our country.”

“We’ve spent $8 trillion, and we’ve lost thousands of lives — but really millions of lives because I view both sides,” Trump said in the forum moderated by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “Millions of lives. This was the worst decision.”

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