Obama reduced the number of troops in Iraq/Afghanistan quite a bit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_U.S._troops_from_Iraq_(2007%E2%80%932011) https

Obama reduced the number of troops in Iraq/Afghanistan quite a bit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_U.S._troops_from_Iraq_(2007%E2%80%932011) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_U.S._troops_from... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_U.S._troops_from_Afghanistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_U.S._troops_from... The remaining troops were there in an advisory capacity. And Trump has been trying to pull out those advisors. The needle has been pretty steadily moving for the last 10 years, it's just been slow going. It's also debatable if the number of troops there should ever be zero if they're only acting as advisors.