Article snippet: MORE’s embrace of isolationism has been a hallmark of his presidency. It is now at the center of a foreign policy that will remove troops from Syria and cut the U.S. presence in Afghanistan in half. The president’s “America first” instincts and his willingness to make public his differences with military commanders differentiate him from recent presidents and from many members of his own party. During his visit with American troops stationed in Iraq on Wednesday, he emphasized his distrust of his own generals — who he characterized as repeatedly asking for more time to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). It was an unusual message for a commander in chief to give during an inaugural visit to troops in a combat zone after nearly two years in office. “They said again, recently, ‘Can we have more time?’ ” Trump said of his generals. “I said, ‘Nope. You can’t have any more time. You’ve had enough time. We’ve knocked them out,’ ” Trump told the soldiers in Iraq, according to pool reports. The choice of words was particularly notable given two resignations in the last week that have rocked the Pentagon: Defense Secretary MORE and the administration’s special envoy to the anti-ISIS coalition, Brett McGurk. Mattis resigned in a letter that laid bare his differences with Trump over foreign policy, and that led to sighs of worry from Republicans on Capitol Hill. McGurk’s departure came as a direct response to Trump’s decision to remove all troops from Syria,... Link to the full article to read more