President Donald Trump made a surprise visit to American troops in Iraq on Wednesday, his first journey to an active combat zone since he took office.

Prior to Wednesday’s trip to Iraq, Trump had taken some heat from critics for being the first president since 2002 not to make a Christmastime visit to troops in 2018, and for not visiting a combat zone. His two immediate predecessors had visited combat zones by this point in their presidencies.

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