Trump rips Europe for not taking back Daesh prisoners

By Michael Hernandez</p> <p>WASHINGTON (AA) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday lambasted European nations for refusing to take back their nationals who joined Daesh and are now being detained in Syria. </p> <p>Trump said U.S.-backed forces are holding 1,800 Daesh prisoners that were taken prisoner in the final battles to eliminate the terror group's territorial control. </p> <p>&quot;Decisions are now being made as to what to do with these dangerous prisoners,&quot; Trump wrote on Twitter. &quot;European countries are not helping at all, even though this was very much done for their benefit. They are refusing to take back prisoners from their specific countries. Not good!&quot;</p> <p>This is not the first time he has slammed European allies over claims they are not cooperating with efforts to repatriate nationals. </p> <p>But he has appeared to be reluctant to take back at least some Americans who flocked to the territories controlled by Daesh, including Hoda Muthana, 24, a Daesh bride from Alabama.</p> <p>Trump's top officials have said Muthana is not a U.S. citizen, a claim rejected by her family who insists her father stopped working as a Yemeni diplomats weeks before she was born. </p> <p>Unlike most others, children of diplomats who are born while their parents are working in the U.S. are not automatically granted U.S. citizenship.