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Trump’s Syria move pleases dictators and hands initiative to Isis

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The president’s surprise decision to withdraw US troops from Syria and Afghanistan has weakened allies and given a fillip to jihadists

Donald Trump’s sudden decision to pull US troops out of Syria, and slash the numbers deployed in Afghanistan, came as a nasty shock to Britain, regional allies such as Israel, and to many in his own administration and Republican party. Although he had threatened such action in the past, his wiser, more experienced advisers had succeeded in restraining him – until last week, when the president finally got away from the White House “grown-ups” and went rogue.

Trump’s move proved the final straw for James Mattis, the defence secretary and last of the old guard, whose relationship with the president was already strained. In his resignation letter, Mattis did not specifically mention Syria and Afghanistan but he warned that Trump was placing US security at risk by letting down and denigrating America’s friends and allies.

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Trump and Democrats play blame game over government shutdown

I am proud to shut down the government…I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I’m not gonna blame you for it.”—Donald Trump, December 11

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President calls it a Democratic shutdown, while Democrats chide Trump’s ‘temper tantrum’

The US awoke on Saturday to a partial government shutdown after Democrats in Congress refused to fund Donald Trump’s border wall and the president in turn refused to sign budget legislation. A battle to apportion blame duly followed.

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Trump’s Syria withdrawal has handed a huge gift to Islamic State | Janine di Giovanni

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The president’s announcement will destroy any trust in the US among local allies fighting terror

Christmas came early in Syria. Donald Trump’s surprise tweet heralding the withdrawal of US troops neatly indicated the winners and losers in the murderous eight-year Syrian war. While the US never had much leverage in Syria – thanks to Barack Obama’s disastrous 2013 decision not to act following the Ghouta chemical attacks – Trump has managed, in a 16-word message, to embolden Islamic State, Moscow, Damascus, Hezbollah and Iran. In a sense, he has abandoned any western influence over Syria and handed the territory to dictators, murderers and terrorists.

Related: Europe responds with alarm to US defence secretary’s resignation

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U.S. government shutdown looms as lawmakers seek last-minute compromise

“I am proud to shut down the government…I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I’m not gonna blame you for it.”—Donald Trump, December 11 President Donald Trump said on Friday there was a good chance the Senate would not approve his demand for $5 billion toward funding his long-demanded border wall and that there probably would be a partial U.S. government shutdown at midnight.

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Is Trump handing over Afghanistan to Pakistan?

Taliban will take over again, not Pakistan. Then there will be a new underground against the Taliban. No one governs Afghanistan but Afghans for more than 2,000 years!

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US media have reported that President Donald Trump is planning to withdraw half of American troops from Afghanistan. Analysts say the move would give the upper hand to the Taliban and their ostensible backer, Pakistan.

Denmark’s handshake law for new citizens is ‘un-Danish’

What if you have the flu and don’t want to pass it on or on the other hand don’t want to catch it. Foolish law for foolish proponents of fear. given a few years immigrants have always done their best to adapt and fit in to get ahead in new home!

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Starting in January, Denmark will require a handshake at naturalization ceremonies. Danes are critical of the idea, as is Billy O’Shea, an Irishman who applied for Danish citizenship but refuses to shake hands to get it.

US government barrels toward shutdown over border wall funding

“I am proud to shut down the government…I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I’m not gonna blame you for it.”—Donald Trump, December 11

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Trump said there would be a “very long” government shutdown if the Senate fails to approve funding for a border wall. The Senate is not expected to pass the spending bill before a midnight deadline.

Afghans to Trump: Your plan to withdraw half of U.S. troops could derail the peace process

If President Trump withdraws up to half of the 14,000 U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan, it would undermine a nascent U.S.-backed peace process and the confidence of a Kabul government that American taxpayers have spent more than $2 billion to support, Afghans said Friday.

Many Afghans said reports…