Turkey will not be intimidated by Trump, says foreign minister

[DonViejo]

Source: The Guardian



Ankara hits back after Trump threatened to ‘economically devastate’ it over Syria

Bethan McKernan in Istanbul

Mon 14 Jan 2019 07.42 EST

Turkey’s foreign minister has hit back at Donald Trump over his threat to economically devastate the country if it follows through on a planned operation against Kurdish forces in northern Syria, saying Ankara will not be intimidated by its Nato ally.

“We have said repeatedly we are not scared of and will not be intimidated by any threats,” said Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in televised remarks from Ankara on Monday, before rebuking the US president for using Twitter for sensitive diplomatic matters.

“Strategic partners, allies, do not hold discussions via Twitter, via social media,” Çavuşoğlu told reporters.

Trump said in tweets on Sunday that Turkey would face economic consequences if it attacked Kurdish fighters in Syria. Ankara views them as members of a Kurdish group outlawed in Turkey as terrorist organisation.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/14/trump-says-he-will-devastate-turkey-economically-if-it-attacks-kurds

[Achilleaze]

1. Maybe the Turks didn't like Dirty Donny*s lies about the Kashoggi murder?

Liars do tend to piss people off, if you know what I mean.

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[NCjack]

2. Kubuki theater. The Turks have the Russian Kompromat package, and

they own The MFer.

[olegramps]

3. He is giving the Turks the green light to massacre the Kurds.

The ridiculous threat to destroy them financially is nothing more than an attempt to cover his lousy ass. This filthy lying bastard must be removed from office.