Not many lawmakers support President Donald Trump's decision to pull American troops out of Syria, former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum told CNN on Sunday.
"There are very few Rand Pauls in the United States Senate, there are very few Rand Pauls in the House. There are very few Rand Pauls in the Republican Party. There are very few Rand Pauls in the base of Donald Trump’s voters," Santorum said, referring to the Kentucky Republican senator who supports the president's decision.
Santorum said he understands that the president “made a pledge that we’d get out of Syria,” but insisted that "I don’t know of too many Republicans, I don’t know of too many base voters who believe that the president, in response to a call from the Turkish president, should be capitulating in front of the Turks and allowing our allies to be slaughtered by Turks. I don’t think anybody in the president’s base is for that."
Santorum emphasized that "It's not just bad policy, but the way he did it. The precipitous decision-making.”
He stressed that “The American public can disagree and agree with the president on things, but they won’t like the fact that he’s just doing things by his gut and damn the consequences. That’s a real problem.”
Santorum said that he thinks Trump will walk back the decision and eventually declare that the withdrawal will be done in a way “that will make sure that the transition is successful.”
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