Interesting…

On Thursday, the Senate voted 68-23 to advance an amendment offered by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), a key Trump ally, that expressed the sense of the chamber that the U.S. “faces continuing threats from terrorist groups operating in Syria and Afghanistan” and that the “precipitous withdrawal of United States forces from either country could put at risk hard-won gains and United States national security.”

Vote record here.

Not really sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, I don’t think Afghanistan or Syria (or terrorism emanating from those places) pose a direct threat to the US. But I don’t trust Trump to do any sort of draw down in any sort of informed and intelligent way. I also think we should probably be engaged in those places (though not necessarily militarily). But again, I don’t trust Trump.