Trump’s Syria announcement blindsided many GOP supporters

WASHINGTON (AP) — When it came to President Donald Trump’s announcement that U.S. forces would no longer protect Syrian Kurds from a Turkish invasion, his supporters knew as little as his critics.
For once, Republicans and Democrats in Congress were in the same place: out of the loop.
All the effort by Republicans to assuage and court the mercurial president meant little in terms of their ability to dissuade him from a decision that most of them opposed.
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