Trump indicates he’s not worried about ISIS fighters escaping northern Syria because if they do they’ll just end up in Europe pic.twitter.com/cBsbXQxjsg

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 9, 2019

This is a clear abrogation of Trump’s oath of office.

IS is a clear and present danger to the nation. It’s one of the reasons we’ve continued to have a presence in Syria, and why we are continuing military actions across the Middle East.

Releasing thousands of these detainees into the region would quickly enable IS to reconstitute itself and pose a threat to the US, Israel, Iraq, Syria, Kurds, Turkey, and everyone else in the region.

Trump is putting everyone in mortal peril with every awful decision he makes, and the one laughing all the way to the bank is Putin, who watches the US fritter away its power and influence under Trump who is retreating into a shell of stupidity to the cheers of his isolationist white nationalist base.