Donald Trump said on Monday that his decisions to “slowly” bring U.S. troops home from Syria is delivering on a campaign promise to withdraw troops from the war-torn nation.

Trump said that “if anybody but Donald Trump” had made the move, they would be lauded by critics as a “national hero.”

“If anybody but Donald Trump did what I did in Syria, which was an ISIS loaded mess when I became President, they would be a national hero,” Trump tweeted. “ISIS is mostly gone, we’re slowly sending our troops back home to be with their families, while at the same time fighting ISIS remnants.”

If anybody but Donald Trump did what I did in Syria, which was an ISIS loaded mess when I became President, they would be a national hero. ISIS is mostly gone, we’re slowly sending our troops back home to be with their families, while at the same time fighting ISIS remnants……

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 31, 2018

Trump said he campaigned on withdrawing from Syria “and other places,” and that he was against “never ending wars.”

“Now when I start getting out the Fake News Media, or some failed Generals who were unable to do the job before I arrived, like to complain about me & my tactics, which are working,” he tweeted. “Just doing what I said I was going to do!”

…I campaigned on getting out of Syria and other places. Now when I start getting out the Fake News Media, or some failed Generals who were unable to do the job before I arrived, like to complain about me & my tactics, which are working. Just doing what I said I was going to do!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 31, 2018

In was in another tweet on Dec. 19 that Trump announced his intention to withdraw the US troops.

“We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency,” he wrote, explaining his reason for withdrawing the 2,000 US troops.

We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2018

The next day Defense Secretary James Mattis announced he would be leaving the administration, submitting a resignation letter that also served as a stinging rebuke to the president’s foreign policy, including his treatment of longtime allies.

“Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my position,” Mattis wrote.

The retired general was among a number of military officials and lawmakers opposed to the withdrawal.

Trump feeling he should be considered a “national hero” is truly laughable. Twitter felt the same way:

I suspect you will be giving the Presidential Medal of Honor to yourself in third person soon.

— Slippery Slope (@gorilla_dna) December 31, 2018

This entire tweet including the use of third person and the belief that he should be a "national hero" should be exhibit #756,493 in his #25thAmendment proceedings. #delusional #UnfitToBePresident

— Edges of Sanity (@CK_Hendrix) December 31, 2018

Wow! You really have low self esteem, no need to brag if you know you're doing a great job.

— MaryAnn Lobo (@MaryAnnlobo) December 31, 2018

So according to you McCain was not a hero but YOU ARE?

— Vincent Perry (@vincentmdperry) December 31, 2018

Apparently 2019 Trump is self aware enough to know he’s not a national hero, but isn’t self aware enough to not refer to himself in the third person…

— The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted (@RevolutionNot) December 31, 2018