Trump goes to Iraq on his first visit to U.S. troops in a combat zone, and botches a boast about their raise

President Trump made a surprise visit Wednesday to a U.S. air base in Iraq to meet with American troops and commanders, and to dispel growing complaints that he had never visited a war zone in his first two years in office.

Trump, accompanied by his wife, Melania, left a partially shuttered government...

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