Blocked from Twitter, Donald Trump has resorted to issuing official White House statements that read a lot like the tweets he can no longer send.
“United States military troops in Afghanistan are at a 19-year low. Likewise, Iraq and Syria are also at the lowest point in many years. I will always be committed to stopping the endless wars,” Trump said in the statement.
The defense department has ordered a drawdown of US troops in Afghanistan, but thousands of service members remain there, despite Trump’s consistent criticisms of the country’s “endless wars” during both his 2016 campaign and his presidency.
As the House debated the president’s impeachment yesterday, Trump sent a similar White House statement, urging “no violence” ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration. Of course, that message came a week after the president incited a violent mob to attack the US Capitol, resulting in five deaths.