Predictably, Mattis ran right into his favorite wall, lauding the efforts of other NATO members. “We pay for NATO,” said Trump. “ISIS is still in Afghanistan,” said Mattis. Trump said, “Let Russia take care of them. We’re seven thousand miles away but we’re still the target, they’ll come to our shores, that’s what they all say,” said Trump, scoffing. “It’s a horror show. At some point, we’ve got to get out.” Coats offered that Afghanistan was a border-security issue for America, but Trump wasn’t listening. “We’ll never get out. This was done by a stupid person named George Bush,” he said, to
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