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Graphic Truth: Trump Keeps His Promise

Graphic Truth: Trump Keeps His Promise
By Gabe Lipton,
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Gabe Lipton is the Associate Editor of Signal responsible for editorial execution of GZERO Media's written newsletter content. He holds degrees in Government and Economics from Wesleyan University, where he was a member of the international economic honors society, and is studying German in his spare time. At the age of 11, the Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe) confirmed (in person) his take on an important political question of the day, forever sealing his fate as a close observer of global politics. His Spidey powers leave much to be desired.

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Ari Winkleman is the lead designer at Eurasia Group and GZERO Media.
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January 15, 2019

As a presidential candidate, one of Donald Trump's signature pledges was to bring American troops home from the Middle East and South Asia. Despite an uptick in deployments to Afghanistan early in his term, the total number of US personnel in the region has dropped by 30 percent since he took office.

If he follows through on his pledge to withdraw all US troops in Syria and half of those in Afghanistan, those moves alone would entail a further 20 percentage point decline in troop levels since September 2016. Here's a country-by-country breakdown of the US military presence in the region.

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