Donald Trump is taking heavy criticism after a suicide bombing in Syria that claimed the lives of 4 Americans, including two U.S. servicemembers, and according to Fox News, at least one senior foreign diplomat is directly blaming Trump for the attack that ISIS has claimed responsibility for.
On Wednesday, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) appeared to place some blame for the attack on Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria, saying the decision “set in motion enthusiasm by the enemy.”
But on Wednesday afternoon, Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin reported that one source had gone even further than Graham in blaming Trump, and that U.S. allies are “up in arms” over the attack.
On Shepard Smith Reporting, Griffin confirmed to anchor Shepard Smith that in addition to the four Americans who were killed, three other Americans were injured in the attack.
“U.S. allies remain up in arms about the U.S. announcing it is pulling out of Syria,” Griffin said, adding “A senior foreign diplomat tells Fox News ‘This attack today is a direct result of the announcement made by President Trump that U.S. forces are pulling out. These troops had a bullseye on them when the president telegraphed that he was ordering a pullout’.”
Griffin then played Graham’s remarks, and noted that “The Pentagon was worried that the troops would be a target following the surprise announcement in December.”
She then played tape of Vice President Mike Pence’s speech following the attack, in which he declared that “ISIS has been defeated.”
“Many allies are calling his remarks today tone deaf,” Griffin said, adding that “ISIS has already claimed responsibility for today’s suicide attack, a reminder that the group is not defeated.”
It has been nearly a month since Trump made the announcement of the Syria withdrawal, which has been heavily criticized even on Trump’s favorite Fox News show.
