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Americans Died In Syria -- I Asked Trump Why

Two American soldiers came home to their family and country, but in caskets.

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Reagan Reese
Dec 19, 2025
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Trump took a trip to Dover, Delaware, on Wednesday for what he once called the “toughest thing I have to do” as president. Two American soldiers came home to their family and country, but in caskets.

Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard were killed in a strike in Syria over the weekend.

Two days prior, I stood before the president and asked him why those troops were even in Syria.

The president paused and looked at me.

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