President Donald Trump used unusual descriptions to capture the land of Syria in his lengthy and meandering Cabinet meeting on Wednesday: “sand and death.”
“Syria was lost long ago. It was lost long ago,” Trump said to assembled reporters. “And besides that, I don’t want — we’re talking about sand and death. That’s what we’re talking about. We’re not talking about vast wealth. We’re talking about sand and death.”
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— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) January 2, 2019