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Out. he's been trying to do this for a year. this is why mattis resigned as you know. but i think trump, this is part of what he perceives as fulfilling a campaign promise. >> but again, he is not bringing them home. >> he's not bringing them home and he is missing a crucial point which is something he ought to understand as a businessman. this is a small investment that creates real leverage. and so to pull these troops out now and then put them right next door in iraq reduces their military efficiency in combatting isis. that's what i'm really concerned about as a military officer. >> let me...

John bolton told reporters over the weekend, quote, timetables or the timing of the withdrawal occurs as a result of the fulfillment of conditions. and the establishment of the circumstances that we want to see. >> what? >> yes. what does that mean? it means we ain't leaving. and by sunday, the president's pledge that they're coming back now, well, it turned into this. >> we're going to be removing our troops. i never said we're doing it that quickly. we won't be finally pulled out until isis is gone. >> how long, the pull-out period? >> it's going quickly. >> here's the fact checking. those a...

>> we have won against isis. we've beaten them and we've beaten them badly. our boys, our young women, our men, they're all coming back, and they're coming back now. we won, and that's the way we want it. >> it was confusing. remember, that abrupt decision was reportedly made without any inter agency debate or even any input. and it brought swift bipartisan condemnation from both chambers of congress. >> decision that is dangerous, and a decision that is a christmas present to vladimir putin to give him license in syria. >> i can promise you that everything that happened in iraq is going to ha...

All. you're not helping american workers and you're hurting the very microcosm that jacob is, i think, very aptly in the heart of right now. >> guys, thanks for your analysis on this. jacob ward at the consumer electronics show. jared bernstein in washington. >> all right. coming up next, president trump and his changing story on syria. so, first he said that isis is defeated, and now it's not. first he said we are pulling out troops of syria within 30 days. now we're not. we're going to break down the contradictions and look at all the leaders who have left the administration over this debacl...

She's in turkey traveling with the national security advisor. carol, to your -- to the best of your knowledge, what's the status of u.s. troops in syria? what will it be and where do we stand with this withdrawal? >> reporter: well, in terms of the withdrawal, ali, i think it's in a bit of a holding pattern. and this is kind of what happens when we're seeing sort of policy-making in the reverse. you see the president come out and say that he's pulling all troops out of syria now. now we've seen his advisors run a rournd and try to create a strategy around that. that's what we've watched john b...