[PRESSTV] According to pool reports, the trip's details were kept a secret until Trump finished giving a speech before a group of about 100 troops, mostly US special operation forces engaged in combat operations in Iraq and Syria.
The reports said Trump then paused to take a selfie with US Navy Lieutenant Commander Kyu Lee, who identified himself as the chaplain for SEAL Team Five, based out of Coronado, Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,.
Trump told him in response: "Hey, in that case, let’s take a picture."
After leaving Iraq's airspace, the American head of state posted a video to his Twitter account that shows the Trumps taking pictures with troops that appeared to be from the US Navy SEAL Team Five.
In the video, the special warfare forces are seen dressed in full battle gear and wearing night vision goggles.
The reports said Trump's video revealed more "special operations personnel and support troops" were featured in the video as well, which was still available at the time of this writing.
"The real names, faces and identities of personnel involved in special operations or activities are usually a closely held secret in a combat zone," Malcolm Nance, a former US Navy intelligence specialist with experience in Iraq told Newsweek. "Revealing them casually, through an unusual media exposure even if it’s the commander in chief, would prove a propaganda boom if any of this personnel are detained by a hostile government or captured by a terrorist group. There would be no denying who you are and what you do."
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