President Trump said America “has enough roles” around the world already and will not get involved with intervening in Libya.
While giving a press conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Thursday, Trump was asked if he sees a role for the Trump administration in “helping stabilizing Libya.”
”[I] do not see a role in Libya. I think the United States, right now, has enough roles,” Trump stated. “We’re in a role everywhere. So I do not see that. I do see a role in getting rid of ISIS, we’re being very effective in that regard, we are doing a job with respect to ISIS that has not been done anywhere near the numbers that we’re producing right now. It’s a very effective force we have.”
While saying America does not have a role in stabilizing Libya, Trump said America does have a role in fighting ISIS in Libya “or anywhere else” ISIS is present:
We have no choice. It’s a horrible thing to say, but we have no choice. And we are effectively riding the world of ISIS. I see that as a primary role and that’s what we’re going to do, whether it’s in Iraq or in Libya or anywhere else. And that will role will come to an end at a certain point, and we’ll be able to go back home and rebuild our country, which is what I want to do.
Just moments before, Gentiloni spoke about the U.S. having a role in intervening in Libya:
I believe that one clear goal should be this: We need the region, and we need countries like Egypt and Tunisia that are close to Libya, we need a stable and unified Libya. A divided country in conflict would make stability worse. The US role in this is critical.
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