President Trump said Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, who was asked by Republican colleagues to resign his leadership position because he was undermining the president, is “upset” because he wants to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan.
Liz Cheney is only upset that I have been actively pulling our great and beautiful Country out of ridiculous and costly Endless Wars. I’m also making our so-called allies pay tens of billions of dollars in delinquent military costs, ”Trump posted on Twitter on Thursday. “They should at least treat us fairly.”
To emphasize, Trump later retweeted Senator Rand Paul and Rep. Matt Gaetz, who publicly called for Cheney’s removal from office as No. 3 in the Republican House leadership.
“I am fighting for President @ realDonaldTrump’s #AmericaFirst vision for the Republican Party,” Gaetz (Florida) wrote in his tweet.
Paul (R-Ky.) Accused Cheney of trying to thwart the president’s efforts in Afghanistan.
“We should all join @realDonaldTrump to advocate for stopping our endless wars. Liz Cheney not only wants to stay forever, but she leads the fight to keep him from leaving. Unacceptable, ”said Paul’s tweet.
Cheney was questioned about Trump’s tweet by a Politico journalist.
“It is no secret that the President and I do not agree on some foreign policy issues,” adding that, as a member of the House Armed Services Committee, he has an obligation to “provide the defense of the nation.”
The panel earlier this month passed an amendment to the defense spending bill that would create obstacles to Trump’s plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
Cheney co-sponsored it with Representative Jason Crow (D-Colo.).
The House Armed Services Committee earlier this month passed an amendment to the defense spending bill that would create obstacles to Trump’s plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
Committee member Cheney co-sponsored it with Representative Jason Crow (D-Colo.).
The amendment says that before the number of troops can be reduced to less than 8,000, the Pentagon must certify that removing them “is in the best interest of the national security of the United States” and “will not increase the risk of expansion of existing or the formation of new terrorist shelters within Afghanistan. “
Gaetz was among a group of bipartisan lawmakers seeking to defeat the amendment.
Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, was accused of supporting a leading candidate against a practicing Republican and breaking up with the President in his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Liz Cheney has worked behind the scenes (and now in public) against @realDonaldTrump and her agenda,” he tweeted Tuesday.
“House Republicans deserve better than our conference president. Liz Cheney should resign or be eliminated #MAGA, “she continued.
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