Donald Trump on Friday rolled back restrictions on the use of landmines by the U.S. military in the latest in a series of actions reversing President Barack Obama’s legacy.
In 2014, Obama issued a directive instructing the military to no longer “produce or otherwise acquire any anti-personnel landmines.”
In a statement on Friday, White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said Trump had specifically canceled “the Obama Administration’s policy to prohibit United States military forces from employing anti-personnel landmines outside of the Korean Peninsula.” Continue reading.