'Fox & Friends' co-host Kilmeade: Trump just 'refounded ISIS' by pulling troops out of Syria

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/422426-fox-friends-co-host-trump-just-refounded-isis-by-pulling-troops-out

“Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade on Friday said President Trump had "re-founded ISIS" and was giving Russia "a big win" with his decision to pull U.S. troops from Syria.

Kilmeade made the remarks during an interview with White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

“He also is doing exactly what he criticized President Obama for doing. He said President Obama is the founder of ISIS,” Kilmeade pointed out. “He just refounded ISIS because they have 30,000 men there and they are already striking back with our would-be evacuation. The president is really on the griddle with this.”

Sanders said that U.S. forces have “wiped out 99 percent of ISIS in Syria.”

Kilmeade responded that the “word on the ground” among U.S. military is different from what the White House claims.
The hosts then abruptly wished Sanders a “Merry Christmas” and ended the segment.