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Trump lies to our troops... reveals location of SEAL team December 27, 2018 2:48 pm RL

Maybe his bone spurs made him do it?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2018/12/27/trump-bragged-service-members-iraq-about-percent-raise-theyve-not-been-given/?utm_term=.edaac1739dc1

Speaking to members of the military during his surprise trip overseas this week, President Trump spoke about the raises they received.

“You haven’t gotten one in more than 10 years — more than 10 years,” he said Wednesday. “And we got you a big one. I got you a big one. I got you a big one.”

He continued:

“They said: ‘You know, we could make it smaller. We could make it 3 percent. We could make it 2 percent. We could make it 4 percent.’ I said: ‘No. Make it 10 percent. Make it more than 10 percent.’ ”

The problem with those statements? They’re not true.

As The Washington Post’s Philip Rucker and Paul Sonne reported, the pay raise Trump authorized this year amounted to 2.6 percent, not 10 percent. And the troops have received a pay raise every year for decades.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/12/27/trump-video-iraq-reveals-navy-seal-team-deployment/2422742002/

President Donald Trump’s surprise visit to Iraq included a revelation that a Navy SEAL team was located there, information generally considered classified.

Trump published video on Twitter of a meeting Wednesday with several members of the team, dressed in camouflage gear with night vision goggles. Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” plays on the video.

“@FLOTUS Melania and I were honored to visit our incredible troops at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq,” Trump tweeted. “GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.!”

The president, as commander in chief, would have the right to declassify information. The Naval Special Warfare Command did not immediately return an email for comment from USA TODAY.

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