US President, in surprise visit to troops, says Iraq could be used as a base for potential future missions in Syria

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump quietly swept into Iraq Wednesday to pay a holiday visit to US troops, making good on the President's promise to travel to one of the American war zones he has derided as costly blunders. After a secret overnight flight from Washington, the dicey security situation restricted Trump to a clandestine visit 15 years after the American invasion.