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Donald Trump got "rolled" by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a National Security Council source with direct knowledge of the discussions told Newsweek.
In a scheduled phone call on Sunday afternoon between President Trump and President Erdogan, Trump said he would withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria. The phone call was scheduled after Turkey announced it was planning to invade Syria, and hours after Erdogan reinforced his army units at the Syrian-Turkish border and issued his strongest threat to launch a military incursion, according to the National Security Council official to whom Newsweek spoke on condition of anonymity.
The U.S. withdrawal plays into the hands of the Islamic State group, Damascus and Moscow, and the announcement left Trump's own Defense Department "completely stunned," said Pentagon officials. Turkey, like the United States, wants regime change in Syria. Russia and Iran support the Assad regime.
"President Trump was definitely out-negotiated and only endorsed the troop withdraw to make it look like we are getting somethingbut we are not getting something," the National Security Council source told Newsweek. "The U.S. national security has entered a state of increased danger for decades to come because the president has no spine and that's the bottom line."
https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-official-who-heard-call-says-trump-got-rolled-turkey-has-no-spine-1463623
Lulu KC
(2,574 posts)Come forward, please!
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)So, he's susceptible to suggestions, and he tends to listen to whomever he's talking to, since he can't remember anything else and knows nothing about the situation. Trump won't seek advice from his own experts, either, because they make him feel stupid. So he just wings it.
It's a recipe for disaster.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...because HE IS STUPID. tRump* is a moron, plain and simple, that has never had to fully deal with the repercussions of his failures, which are legion.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)And yet, we leave him in charge of world-changing decisions. So, how stupid are we?
blm
(113,091 posts)Shudder
fishwax
(29,149 posts)Terrifyingly accurate, in fact.
kimbutgar
(21,188 posts)Just another thing to use against him in 2020.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Truly he doesn't. It's all a mystery to him.
progressoid
(49,999 posts)This will be the bloodiest betrayal this century.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)oswaldactedalone
(3,491 posts)The Orange Shitstain is a massive fuck up. This act of appeasement should be called out for what it is, an act of cowardice by a chickenshit.
Johnny2X2X
(19,114 posts)Erdogan calls to say that he's invading Syria, Trump says, "Go ahead, let me make sure we make it easier for you."
58Sunliner
(4,398 posts)The sociopath has his orders from a sick psychopath named Putin-may he rot in hell.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,414 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)True Blue American
(17,988 posts)And Nancy spoke loud and clear against this!
And,Praise the Lord, Rob Portman said the phone call was so wrong.
Pundits are saying Trump has gone from narcissism to Messianic .
His days are numbered. Every one is turning on him. Dumb as a fence post.
Initech
(100,102 posts)This was a terrible idea from the start and it's not going to end well. Seriously, fuck this administration.
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LeftInTX
(25,551 posts)Link to tweet
Trump does something that threatens national security
Lindsey gets upset and momentarily forgets about his alliance with Trump
Lindsey says something
Lindsey recants.
Rinse repeat.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts) You owned a Casino and you know the House always wins!
Initech
(100,102 posts)ffr
(22,671 posts)LOCK HIM UP!