US moving ‘thousands’ of citizens out of Middle East: Trump

In his latest Truth Social post, US President Donald Trump has claimed that the Department of State is “moving thousands of people out of various Countries throughout the Middle East”, reports Al Jazeera.

“It is being done quietly, but seamlessly”, the president said, praising Secretary of State Marco Rubio for “doing a great job!”

The State Department said yesterday that 20,000 Americans had returned home and that it was ramping up chartered flights, without providing more details.

The Trump administration has received criticism over evacuations after urging Americans to leave more than a dozen countries in the Middle East on Tuesday.