Date: Apr 17, 2018 Source: The Daily Star Trump still wants U.S. troops to leave Syria, but no timeline: White House Reuters UNITED STATES: President Donald Trump still wants to bring U.S. troops home from Syria but has not set a timeline, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Monday, two days after Western allies bombed Syrian targets over a chemical weapons attack. Sanders, speaking to reporters traveling with Trump to Miami, said the president also is still willing to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but she indicated that no meeting is imminent.