Donald Trump: US left troops in Syria ’only for the oil’

Donald Trump has insisted the US military presence in Syria is ’only for the oil’, contradicting his officials who have maintained that the remaining forces were there to fight Isis. Trump made his remarks while hosting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, just over a month after the Turkish president launched an offensive into north-eastern Syria Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► Donald Trump says US military presence in Syria ’only for the oil’ – live ► Support the Guardian ► Today in Focus podcast ► The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ► Owen Jones talks ► Guardian Football ► Guardian Sport ► Guardian Culture ►