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thank you erdogan. millions of lives will be saved. we don't know what will be said in this press conference, but we do know that vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo are speaking after talks took place with turkey's president erdogan, the u.s. delegation is pressing for turkey to call a ceasefire with syria. i want to bring kristen welker back. i know i'm giving you zero time to report, but what do you know? >> reporter: well, i would stress the fact that that was vice president mike pence's big ask, for a ceasefire. we've heard that from president trump over the past several days. mike pompeo. and that is clearly what their goal was. so i wouldn't be surprised if that is part of what we're about to hear and of course they will get a number of questions because they are likely going to hold a press availability as they come to the podiums there. but again, this was the big ask. president trump announcing the withdraw of troops from the border of syria and of course we have seen turkey move in and of course the
thank you erdogan. millions of lives will be saved. we don't know what will be said in this press conference, but we do know that vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo are speaking after talks took place with turkey's president erdogan, the u.s. delegation is pressing for turkey to call a ceasefire with syria. i want to bring kristen welker back. i know i'm giving you zero time to report, but what do you know? >> reporter: well, i would stress the fact that that was...
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-backed forces, which erdogan vowed he would not agree to. let's go to a.b. stoddard from real clear politics, and nbc's foreign correspondent keir simmons. >> reporter: chris, we're still waiting for the vice president and secretary of state to give us a rundown of what exactly happened in that meeting. this news conference is now much-delayed. you pointed to the reason, we hear by all accounts, and we're here, we aren't with mr. pence and mr. pompeo, but we hear by all accounts the u.s. delegation is still locked in meetings with the turkish delegation. the vice president's meeting with president erdogan was supposed to last perhaps ten minutes, it lasted 80 minutes. i think it would be a mistake to try to understand or read into that exactly how it went when the two men met, and they were meeting for the first time. certainly vice president pence looked stoney faced, and said to president erdogan, thank you for meeting us. it has to be a good thing, i guess, in the sense that on the one hand turkey's and america's relationship is at rock bottom now, so to
-backed forces, which erdogan vowed he would not agree to. let's go to a.b. stoddard from real clear politics, and nbc's foreign correspondent keir simmons. >> reporter: chris, we're still waiting for the vice president and secretary of state to give us a rundown of what exactly happened in that meeting. this news conference is now much-delayed. you pointed to the reason, we hear by all accounts, and we're here, we aren't with mr. pence and mr. pompeo, but we hear by all accounts the u.s....
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when they say to president erdogan, we want a cease fire, president erdogan says but your president, president trump, just described the kurds as some of the worst than isis. and i'm fighting them. so why do you want a cease fire? they might say to him, well look, this is not in america's interest -- interests -- and erdogan can turn around and say, but your president just said that if russia wants to get involved, that's fine. he's completely undermined his own -- his own vice president and secretary of state. and -- and they are trying even now to say that they'll ask for a cease fire. but at the same time, secretary of state saying that he doesn't want divide from turkey. it is -- it's extraordinary diplomacy if you can even call it that. just another point, nicolle, one comment from president erdogan that i thought was fascinating. today, saying the trip to the united states is an issue. we will evaluate after discussions with the delegations that are coming here. i read that as suggesting that president erdogan now is threatening that he may not come to the white house. the trip
when they say to president erdogan, we want a cease fire, president erdogan says but your president, president trump, just described the kurds as some of the worst than isis. and i'm fighting them. so why do you want a cease fire? they might say to him, well look, this is not in america's interest -- interests -- and erdogan can turn around and say, but your president just said that if russia wants to get involved, that's fine. he's completely undermined his own -- his own vice president and...
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i told that to president erdogan. i said don't hurt any of our -- any of our people get hurt, big trouble. >> so how is the president's decision sitting with military officials you've been speaking to, courtney? >> not well. here is the reality. this is not a surprise. the u.s. military and the administration has made it very clear that if turkey makes any kind of a military move into syria, the u.s. is not going to get involved, not going to be in the middle of it. president trump is receiving a lot of pushback including from members of his own party, close allies who are saying this is abandoning the kurdss, the syrian democratic forces the u.s. has been fighting next to for several years. they have been an effective partner and ally providing u.s. military security on the ground in syria during much of that time. but the reality is the administration has made it clear they're not going to go to war with turkey. if, in fact, there's some incursion -- if there's any military action by turkey, the u.s. won't stand wit
i told that to president erdogan. i said don't hurt any of our -- any of our people get hurt, big trouble. >> so how is the president's decision sitting with military officials you've been speaking to, courtney? >> not well. here is the reality. this is not a surprise. the u.s. military and the administration has made it very clear that if turkey makes any kind of a military move into syria, the u.s. is not going to get involved, not going to be in the middle of it. president trump...
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a turkish man connected to erdogan. that guy is being prosecuted by the southern district of new york. and the president of turkey does not want that and wants him let go. so you've got your gold trader and then you've got your cleric. the cleric's name is the leader of a religious movement that's very, very popular in turkey, a outspoken erdogan critic. and erdogan absolutely hates this guy because he's convinced he fomented a coup against him. new he happens to live in the united states in the poconos of all places in the mountains in pennsylvania, and he lives as a legal permanent resident which is random. erdogan wants him extradited back, okay? so those are the two things that erdogan wants from the u.s. government, the two things he arguably cares most about in terms of specific internal u.s. matters. those are also the two things that giuliani we now know was personally repeatedly lobbying the president about. giuliani was that gold trader's lawyer, okay? he represented him. and back in 2017 giuliani traveled to
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people are trying to figure out what it was the president said to erdogan, what message erdogan received, and then what this bizarre warning to turkey means amid all of this confusion. so you asked what's the latest, people are scratching their heads trying to figure out what trump, what his policy is, regarding the kurds. >> richard, stay with us for a moment. i want to bring in nbc news correspondent hans nichols from washington, d.c. covering the white house and the pentagon as well. hans, good to have you with us. as you saw richard kind of lay out the confusion that has bee fallen washington as well as the region, let's talk a little bit about what the president intended to do with this because there are questions as to whether or not he was actually signaling to the turkish president that he can have a go ahead, but then as richard was saying, the next day, you and i were both on the air when that tweet came out saying if he does, i will totally obliterate and destroy his economy. >> reporter: so it's unclear what the president's initial intentions were. i think when you saw the ad
people are trying to figure out what it was the president said to erdogan, what message erdogan received, and then what this bizarre warning to turkey means amid all of this confusion. so you asked what's the latest, people are scratching their heads trying to figure out what trump, what his policy is, regarding the kurds. >> richard, stay with us for a moment. i want to bring in nbc news correspondent hans nichols from washington, d.c. covering the white house and the pentagon as well....
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i just want to thank and congratulate though president erdogan. he is a friend of mine and i'm glad we didn't have a problem because, frankly, he is a hell of a leader and he's a tough man. he is a strong man. and he did the right thing. turkey is a friend of ours, a neighbor of ours and they are a member of nato. and what turkey is getting now is they are not going to have to kill millions of people and millions of people aren't going to have to kill them. >> the president calling this a great day for civilization. but the u.s. just essentially surroundered a region of syria to turkey. and it's all because of his call with erdogan a week and a half ago which enabled the incursion to happen in the first place. george conway calling out the irony tweeting the house burned down, but, hey, the arsonist gets to brag that he put out the fire. let's bring in mark and former chief of staff to vice presidents joe biden and al gore. nbc news senior international correspondent keir simmons. keir, let's start with you. you have spent a lot of time in that re
i just want to thank and congratulate though president erdogan. he is a friend of mine and i'm glad we didn't have a problem because, frankly, he is a hell of a leader and he's a tough man. he is a strong man. and he did the right thing. turkey is a friend of ours, a neighbor of ours and they are a member of nato. and what turkey is getting now is they are not going to have to kill millions of people and millions of people aren't going to have to kill them. >> the president calling this a...
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we would later learn at least one reason erdogan would want that to happen. the trader had politically damaging information about the turkish president. anyway, rudy giuliani was essentially pushing the president and others to help release this guy as part of a diplomatic agreement. prosecutors in new york were very suspicious about who exactly rudy giuliani was representing. was he representing the gold trader as he alleged in federal court, or was the fact he was pushing something to the top of erdogan's priority list really advocating for the leader of turkey? >> we should note that the reporting indicates there were possible multiple meetings where the president who was inviting rudy giuliani directly to argue for and lobby tillerson and others to intervene in the criminal case, right, and get it stopped? >> well, there is one bizarre scene, chris, which i have to give credit to the great reporters i work with "the washington post" for figuring this piece out. there was an amazing scene where basically rudy giuliani was in the oval office and the presiden
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erdogan fits into that category. like kim jong-un, like xi jinping, like vladimir putin, he makes donald trump's "good" list. every time president trump talks to erdogan, he comes out of that conversation with an erratic move on foreign policy that hurts our friends and, as gayle was saying, makes it more likely that isis will arise again. sitting there today, u.s. forces in the region don't know what their commander in chief is doing because essentially what's happening is he's getting on the phone with another of his strong men authoritarian buddies and doing some kind of deal that goes beyond anything those of us watching from the outside can understand. >> and the last time that erdogan was in washington, 15 of his security -- of his bodyguards were indicted, jake, and we've yet to see any kind of action. we wonder whether in november he comes, he'll bring those same people. >> and what were they indicted for? kicking, punching, beating up peaceful protesters outside the turkish embassy in wash. you could literal
erdogan fits into that category. like kim jong-un, like xi jinping, like vladimir putin, he makes donald trump's "good" list. every time president trump talks to erdogan, he comes out of that conversation with an erratic move on foreign policy that hurts our friends and, as gayle was saying, makes it more likely that isis will arise again. sitting there today, u.s. forces in the region don't know what their commander in chief is doing because essentially what's happening is he's...
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a deal that gave the turkish president erdogan essentially everything he initially asked for. republican senator mitt romney and a whole lot of other people had a much different take. >> the announcement today is being portrayed as a victory. it is far from a victory. the decision to abandon the kurds vielt kurds violates one of our most sacred duties. it strikes at american honor. what we have done to the kurds will stand as a blood stain in the annals of american history. >> with me now is senator chris coons. he is a democrat from delaware. senator coons, andrea mitchell has been monitoring the jim jeffrey readout to the press that's taking place on the plane with secretary pompeo. and apparently, jim jeffrey is informing reporters that the word "ceasefire" is not part of the agreement. so what the vice president told us is not true. not part of the agreement. and that the kurds are giving up more land than the u.s. initially thought. again, this is the trump administration diplomat jim jeffrey informing the press of this. senator, your reaction. >> chuck, this is far from
a deal that gave the turkish president erdogan essentially everything he initially asked for. republican senator mitt romney and a whole lot of other people had a much different take. >> the announcement today is being portrayed as a victory. it is far from a victory. the decision to abandon the kurds vielt kurds violates one of our most sacred duties. it strikes at american honor. what we have done to the kurds will stand as a blood stain in the annals of american history. >> with...
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. >> i mean, brian, it all change when donald trump hang up the phone with erdogan. part of what was going on there, president trump was not following a script, he was kind of rif'ing with president erdogan. he was not following the direction of his advisers. for months now the national security team around the president has been warning him about the dangers, about the risks of pulling troops back out of syria, about this series of dominos that would fall from that decision. trump has largely ignored their advice and wanted to follow his own instincts. he has done that. this is a human story of what's happening there in syria, but it's also a geopolitical one. it's a huge win for russia. it's a win for assad. it's at least giving new life to isis and president trump is trying to defend the decision in tweets but he has not come forward and fully explained what happened and why he did what he did and when to the american people. there's been no address or sort of formal communication from him to explain what's happening. all we're seeing are the images coming over of
. >> i mean, brian, it all change when donald trump hang up the phone with erdogan. part of what was going on there, president trump was not following a script, he was kind of rif'ing with president erdogan. he was not following the direction of his advisers. for months now the national security team around the president has been warning him about the dangers, about the risks of pulling troops back out of syria, about this series of dominos that would fall from that decision. trump has...
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. >> i mean, brian, it all changed when donald trump hung up the phone with erdogan. part of what was going on there was president trump wasn't following a script. he was kind of riffing in that call with president erdogan, which is frankly what he does in a lot of his conversations with foreign leaders. he was not following the direction of his advisers for months now. the national security team around a president has been warning him about the dangers, about the risks of pulling troops back out of syria, about this sort of series of dominoes that would fall from that decision, and trump has largely ignored their advice and wanted to follow his own impulses. he did that with the phone call, and in the span of really only a week, we've now seen calamity. this is a human story of what is happening there in story, but it's also a geopolitical one because it's a huge win for russia. it's a win for assad. it could be a win or at least giving new life to isis, and president trump is trying to defend the decision in tweets, but he has not sort of come forward and fully expl
. >> i mean, brian, it all changed when donald trump hung up the phone with erdogan. part of what was going on there was president trump wasn't following a script. he was kind of riffing in that call with president erdogan, which is frankly what he does in a lot of his conversations with foreign leaders. he was not following the direction of his advisers for months now. the national security team around a president has been warning him about the dangers, about the risks of pulling troops...
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that probably led erdogan to say, you know what? i can call the united states bluff in syria and he did. >> that's what mitt romney essentially accused the president of doing. erdogan basically bullied you into doing that. >> you used the term signal. i'd use a different word. reflect. i think it's reflecting where a lot of republicans are on the hill. i think what mitch mcconnell was saying is this is where my caucus is starting to move to and i need to be ahead of my caucus instead of behind my caucus. i worked for harry reid and that is a move harry reid would make when he's got 20, 30 people in his caucus pressuring him to do that. one other thing really quickly. there's already a republican and democratic bipartisan inquiry going on in the senate with burr and warner. >> susan, ip want you to look a this mash of elected republicans criticizing the president in the last 24 hours. some of them are predictable republicans you won't be surprised at. but a few are surprising. take a look. >> you don't hold up foreign aid that we had
that probably led erdogan to say, you know what? i can call the united states bluff in syria and he did. >> that's what mitt romney essentially accused the president of doing. erdogan basically bullied you into doing that. >> you used the term signal. i'd use a different word. reflect. i think it's reflecting where a lot of republicans are on the hill. i think what mitch mcconnell was saying is this is where my caucus is starting to move to and i need to be ahead of my caucus...
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is this basically just a direct threat to erdogan? >> yes. it's a p.r. move. clearly president trump believes he's losing the public fight, he's getting a lot of pressure from the hill, both sides of the aisle arguing they want to move on sings. this is a p.r. move at this stage. >> hallie, talk us through what you were hearing. >> reporter: the president has been threatening sanctions for at least 48 hours since this turkish military action began. he tweeted and talked about there might be the possibility that he would implement what he described as punishing sanctions against turkey. so the threat of more sanctions, that is not new. when you think about what has materially changed between the spoken threat of the sanctions to the president and this moment in time right now. it seems like what has simply changed is that the treasury department, the white house has gotten sort of the paperwork together so to speak and i'm sort of speaking in metaphors here. it's not clear what it's going to take to activate these sanctions. is it the kurdish casualties, the le
is this basically just a direct threat to erdogan? >> yes. it's a p.r. move. clearly president trump believes he's losing the public fight, he's getting a lot of pressure from the hill, both sides of the aisle arguing they want to move on sings. this is a p.r. move at this stage. >> hallie, talk us through what you were hearing. >> reporter: the president has been threatening sanctions for at least 48 hours since this turkish military action began. he tweeted and talked about...
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erdogan attended the opening ceremony in 2012. and ivanka trump tweeted a message thanking him for attending. we are now pleased to bring in retired four-star general barry mccaffrey as well as heidi przybyla who has a byline on that amazing story. but i'm going to start with you, general mccaffrey. i have never -- a lot of the people that i talked to, to understand the impacts of trump's presidency are former national security official who's i frankly never knew if they leaned right or left and i still don't. but i have never heard them as apoplectic who have kept american soldiers alive, american intelligence operatives alive, have been single-handedly responsible for many, many men and women coming home safely to leave them to die is a move that has been flabbergasted, stunned and frankly devastated. >> it is a very shameful situation. in the short run what we've done is walked away and abandoned an ally, an ally that did the overwhelming majority of fighting against isis. this really wasn't their fight. they did it so that we
erdogan attended the opening ceremony in 2012. and ivanka trump tweeted a message thanking him for attending. we are now pleased to bring in retired four-star general barry mccaffrey as well as heidi przybyla who has a byline on that amazing story. but i'm going to start with you, general mccaffrey. i have never -- a lot of the people that i talked to, to understand the impacts of trump's presidency are former national security official who's i frankly never knew if they leaned right or left...
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time and again this president gives a pass to erdogan. but let's talk about what's happening on the ground, this surprise not just to the sdf, but to allies around the world, to the pentagon, to the state department, the surprise decision. imagine you're the commander in the field leading the sdf. you get a call at 3:00 a.m. yesterday morning to stand down and american troops are leaving your side, a complete surprise to that commander. >> and the first thing you're probably thinking of is all your troops and people you've had on the front lines are now exposed in someway, shape or form. they're going to be exposed from the turkish side that they could start shelling certain positions inside syria, they could advance. there's all kinds of calculations the turks have to go through before they take on that risk. but the green light has been giventor them to beg given for them to begin some kind of remote air strikes that we've seen in the past. but it ends the quiet norm that had been existing. the syrian government and russian backers have
time and again this president gives a pass to erdogan. but let's talk about what's happening on the ground, this surprise not just to the sdf, but to allies around the world, to the pentagon, to the state department, the surprise decision. imagine you're the commander in the field leading the sdf. you get a call at 3:00 a.m. yesterday morning to stand down and american troops are leaving your side, a complete surprise to that commander. >> and the first thing you're probably thinking of...
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erdogan and a win for assad. the worst dictator in the world, he butchered and killed half a million more. it is a victory for the iranians. i don't know what one needs to do to make business deals in real estate. this is really, really bad diplomacy. >> what portion of the american people consider this a win? besides the small group who says, well, we don't know the kurds anyway. besides that faction, who in the united states who understands this -- good news mr. president, great news for america. >> well, he had his loyal base and a lot of people in americans want us to be seen less engage in war in the middle east. >> there are places where we have far more troops. >> correct. that was what i was going to say. the paradox of this or the dishonest way the president is talking about, one, we are not pulling our troops back. we are sending them to other places, the middle east and including saudi arabia. well, they'll be in saudi arabia because the saudis are paying for them. when did we want the u.s. military to
erdogan and a win for assad. the worst dictator in the world, he butchered and killed half a million more. it is a victory for the iranians. i don't know what one needs to do to make business deals in real estate. this is really, really bad diplomacy. >> what portion of the american people consider this a win? besides the small group who says, well, we don't know the kurds anyway. besides that faction, who in the united states who understands this -- good news mr. president, great news...
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erdogan and mr. putin, are going to meet, in of all places, sochi, russia, in october 22nd, sochi for those who have been following the whole russia, sort of world was the site of the olympics in 2014, the 2014 olympics which was thought to have been racked with fraud and thievery and stealing that really rankled the people of russia before mr. putin covered that over by invading ukraine. what do you make of the fact these two are going to get together and i guess speculate t celebrate the spoils. >> in the sehort-term, they win they've outthought and outflanked donald trump, not a very difficult thing to do but i take a slightly different view. i think putin will come in time to regret this. he now owns the syria problem. and he will discover very quickly that is not a good thing to own. the united states has, as we know, historically, fallen from one morass into another in the middle east. russia's about to face that same situation. right now, they can pat each other on the back and say, we outthou
erdogan and mr. putin, are going to meet, in of all places, sochi, russia, in october 22nd, sochi for those who have been following the whole russia, sort of world was the site of the olympics in 2014, the 2014 olympics which was thought to have been racked with fraud and thievery and stealing that really rankled the people of russia before mr. putin covered that over by invading ukraine. what do you make of the fact these two are going to get together and i guess speculate t celebrate the...
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erdogan not to be a tough guy, a fool. he said, someone wanted this meeting so he agreed to it. he said, there are communists in syria and that the democrats would like that. he said james mattis was the worst, most over -- the world's most overrated general. he said he hates isis more than nancy pelosi does. and he called pelosi, the speaker of the house, a third-rate politician. pelosi did not take the president's diatribe quietly. she told him, to his face, all roads with him lead to putin. speaking to reporters at the capitol, she said, now, we, as in, i guess, the american people, have to pray for the president's health, because the president had a very serious meltdown. the white house, in response, tweeted this photo. speaker pelosi, the only woman at the table, standing up to the president, as some of the president's own aides and military officials bowed their heads. if the white house hoped to shame pelosi, it didn't work. she made it her twitter photo cover. joining me, associated press white house reporter, jon
erdogan not to be a tough guy, a fool. he said, someone wanted this meeting so he agreed to it. he said, there are communists in syria and that the democrats would like that. he said james mattis was the worst, most over -- the world's most overrated general. he said he hates isis more than nancy pelosi does. and he called pelosi, the speaker of the house, a third-rate politician. pelosi did not take the president's diatribe quietly. she told him, to his face, all roads with him lead to putin....
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erdogan. >> let me move to the impeachment inquiry. a couple things. ambassador yovanovitch, what did you learn from her that you think the american public needs to know? >> well, first of all, the ambassador has been a highly respected career ambassador. we have many, many of those in the state department. from the time she came to ukraine, she was harassed, and they got rid of her. and she didn't know -- i'm saying things that are generally known because i'm not really allowed to say what happened -- >> are we going to see the full transcripts at some point? >> i think at some point. >> of all of these folks. kurt volker, these eight and nine-hour sessions, are the american public going to read these transcripts? >> i think the american public shood. i think they have a right to go, and i think we need to open the door and let the fresh air come in. that's what the democrats are trying to do. the president, of course, at every turn, is trying to stymie us, every turn is trying to make, disre
erdogan. >> let me move to the impeachment inquiry. a couple things. ambassador yovanovitch, what did you learn from her that you think the american public needs to know? >> well, first of all, the ambassador has been a highly respected career ambassador. we have many, many of those in the state department. from the time she came to ukraine, she was harassed, and they got rid of her. and she didn't know -- i'm saying things that are generally known because i'm not really allowed to...
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and it includes erdogan. erdogan is strategically perhaps the most windfall there. because turkey is a member of nato and it is russia's longstanding aim to weaken and break up nato and turkey's continued membership with nato is very much in doubt. it should be added that turkey is buying russian anti-missile systems, which put it at odds. which compromise its nato supply of military systems and again put a huge question mark over turkey's nato membership. all of which is music to russia's ears. >> that's why a lot of people were wondering why the united states would do anything that would benefit turkey, especially after they bought those weapons as a nato member from russia. ed luce, we leave it there. >>> big questions about why traders made billions of dollars in profits at the same time as major announcements from the trump administration. just a coincidence? or is there something strange going on? >>> another look at the massive protests taking place in london. as a debate on the brexit deal is under way. many hitten the streets, they're opposed to the deal. a
and it includes erdogan. erdogan is strategically perhaps the most windfall there. because turkey is a member of nato and it is russia's longstanding aim to weaken and break up nato and turkey's continued membership with nato is very much in doubt. it should be added that turkey is buying russian anti-missile systems, which put it at odds. which compromise its nato supply of military systems and again put a huge question mark over turkey's nato membership. all of which is music to russia's...
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with president erdogan in sochi. i think it's notable that the next steps in this entire conflict are not being decided in damascus or washington, d.c., they're being decided in sochi, russia, between president putin and president erdogan. but his hand is strengthened in many ways because as part of the agreement that was just announced by president putin and president erdogan, there will be joint patrols between syria and russia helping to remove the remaining kurdish forces from these so-called safe zone as defined by turkey. and then once that is done, then there will be joint russian/turkish patrols along the remaining stretches. >> matt, what happened to the occurred in that region? >> reporter: well, essentially the kurdish fighting forces are going to have to leave, that's part of the terms of the agreement. they'll be moving south probably into some other much smaller kurdish territory. but it's a great question, ali, because remember, president erdogan had two goals here. it wasn't just to remove the kurdish
with president erdogan in sochi. i think it's notable that the next steps in this entire conflict are not being decided in damascus or washington, d.c., they're being decided in sochi, russia, between president putin and president erdogan. but his hand is strengthened in many ways because as part of the agreement that was just announced by president putin and president erdogan, there will be joint patrols between syria and russia helping to remove the remaining kurdish forces from these...
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erdogan has also used the towers for leverage already, amen. back in 2016, when trump tried to ban certain individuals from certain muslim nations, turkey threatened to take his name off the towers. than when we saw michael flynn, his then national security adviser, pen this op-ed favorable to erdogan, and it calmed down and quieted the calls for taking trump's name off the towers that he is so proud of. >> yeah, it's definitely a complex web, as heidi was painting, but there's an interesting point. the question about alliances now comes into play. i want you to take a listen to what the president said about alliances earlier. watch this. >> by allowing this offensive, is it going to be more difficult in future times of deed to develop alliances? >> no, it won't be. it won't be at all. alliances are very easy, but our alliances have taken advantage of us. >> you know something about alliances and coalition. you had to build a kind of global coalition to combat extremism, and the messaging of extremism. what do you think -- what do you make of t
erdogan has also used the towers for leverage already, amen. back in 2016, when trump tried to ban certain individuals from certain muslim nations, turkey threatened to take his name off the towers. than when we saw michael flynn, his then national security adviser, pen this op-ed favorable to erdogan, and it calmed down and quieted the calls for taking trump's name off the towers that he is so proud of. >> yeah, it's definitely a complex web, as heidi was painting, but there's an...
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that same day erdogan went in to northeast syria. so not exactly a sign of respect from erdogan. >> so the president, you know, says the quiet thing outloud, right? so this letter is the ultimate version of that. it is what a letter from the president is intended to mean but ordinarily the letter from the president is written and couched in a hire language than th higher language than this. don't be an idiot, history is going to judge you harshly, i'm going to destroy your economy. that's what he's supposed to glean from a letter that's more statesman like. you can say what trump is doing with the release of this letter, he's outraging and alarming all of us who believes the president should not conduct himself in this fashion, but to his people and as i often say here, there aren't enough of them to get him re-elected, but to his people it's like, he's just telling it like it is, right? and saying to nancy, insulting nancy pelosi in a meeting which is also something a president shouldn't do. he's got to negotiate with her, she's the
that same day erdogan went in to northeast syria. so not exactly a sign of respect from erdogan. >> so the president, you know, says the quiet thing outloud, right? so this letter is the ultimate version of that. it is what a letter from the president is intended to mean but ordinarily the letter from the president is written and couched in a hire language than th higher language than this. don't be an idiot, history is going to judge you harshly, i'm going to destroy your economy. that's...
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>> and it's turkey under erdogan. my view is there will be an active discussion that turkey has forced our hand to have that debate. this is not the first time that turkey has thumbed their nose at the united states. they also have taken delivery of the russian air defense system, the s-400s. we made it very clear that that would put nato pilots at risk because we want to deploy the f-35 advanced fighter. so turkey under erdogan, i want to stress this is under erdogan, has taken a number of steps clearly at odds with their role as a nato partner. i think -- but right now we need to focus on ending the slaughter of the syrian kurds, which is a betrayal of our allies, which sends a terrible signal to others around the world about our lack of reliability, and as secretary mattis and others have pointed out, it is leading to a rebound of isis and already the escape of some isis fighters. it is insane what trump allowed to happen. now we need to do everything we can to try to stop the killing and stop the resurgence of isi
>> and it's turkey under erdogan. my view is there will be an active discussion that turkey has forced our hand to have that debate. this is not the first time that turkey has thumbed their nose at the united states. they also have taken delivery of the russian air defense system, the s-400s. we made it very clear that that would put nato pilots at risk because we want to deploy the f-35 advanced fighter. so turkey under erdogan, i want to stress this is under erdogan, has taken a number...
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erdogan talked to putin today, who is his closest ally in all this. so russia and iran are the winners here, and assad. >> absolutely a boost to russia, iran, aside, and isis, which from a security perspective may be the most important impact here. you heard from general votel, the former head of centcom, the former head of special forces, talk about abandonment here. this was a no-process decision, that i can determine. certainly done without consultation with our allies, no consultation with the kurds, the sdf partners, who have been our partners, side by side, absolutely essential in the defeat of isis, in taking away the so-called caliphate. they were at raqqah, the syrian capital of isis, and took it back. they've been our absolute critical partners. they are the only force i know of that can stabilize this region. and what we've done now is given a green light to the turks to come in and fight directly against our allies here. you're going to see civilian casualties, you'll see humanitarian issues develop, you'll see ethnic elements come into th
erdogan talked to putin today, who is his closest ally in all this. so russia and iran are the winners here, and assad. >> absolutely a boost to russia, iran, aside, and isis, which from a security perspective may be the most important impact here. you heard from general votel, the former head of centcom, the former head of special forces, talk about abandonment here. this was a no-process decision, that i can determine. certainly done without consultation with our allies, no consultation...
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erdogan -- apologies, i don't read turkish, but erdogan has been silent since his oped in the wall street journal last night. remember, you have not just pence, you have pompeo, a big delegation going to ankara, probably leaving tomorrow to get there by thursday. >> it sounds like deals have been cut before the united states delegation has even gotten there. hans, stick around. fw garrett, on the capitol hill side of things, let's start with turkey and then go to the investigation. today is the first day a lot of lawmakers are back. what's your sense what they think they can do to turn this situation around, or realistically do they think it's too late? >> reporter: the feeling is you can't put the genie back in the bottle. there could be very tough sanctions packages that would get wide bistart s starpartisan both chambers here. there could be exploration of other ways to punish turkey. but you're dealing with this retro actively. no amount of sanctions will bring back dead kurds or restore america's reputation is an ally. most of the efforts are focused on a sanctions-based response tha
erdogan -- apologies, i don't read turkish, but erdogan has been silent since his oped in the wall street journal last night. remember, you have not just pence, you have pompeo, a big delegation going to ankara, probably leaving tomorrow to get there by thursday. >> it sounds like deals have been cut before the united states delegation has even gotten there. hans, stick around. fw garrett, on the capitol hill side of things, let's start with turkey and then go to the investigation. today...
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on syria policy by announcing erdogan is now coming to d.c., the white house. the united states would basically allow to push into syria, it's still totally unclear what u.s. policy is. getting wildly mixed signals even as reuters reports a turkish aid to the president says the turkish military is about to cross it border into syria. it's also the case -- here's ivanka back in 2012 tweeting thanks to then prime minister erdogan for helping launch trump towers istanbul and trump himself admitted he had a conflict of interest when it came to turkey because of his interests there. >> i have a little bit of conflict of interest because i have a major, major building in istanbul. and it's a tremendously successful job. it's called trump towers. >> to be clear the president has not divested from his business interests and continues to profit from them and continues to have a conflict. and to top it all off, here's what happened the last time erdogan came to the white house. his besuited thugs beat protesters in the streets just blocks away as erdogan got out of his c
on syria policy by announcing erdogan is now coming to d.c., the white house. the united states would basically allow to push into syria, it's still totally unclear what u.s. policy is. getting wildly mixed signals even as reuters reports a turkish aid to the president says the turkish military is about to cross it border into syria. it's also the case -- here's ivanka back in 2012 tweeting thanks to then prime minister erdogan for helping launch trump towers istanbul and trump himself admitted...
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we're waiting for a press conference in sochi to start between putin and erdogan. tell us what you're seeing as this deadline nears? >> reporter: everyone is watching that press conference, frankly. it was carved up when president bush invaded iraq in 2003 and blew up that country. now syria is on the table being carved up between vladimir putin and turkey's president erdogan. they're carving it up because u.s. troops are leaving this area and creating a vacuum. now erdogan and putin, and there are pictures looming over a map of this area, are deciding what will happen, which pieces of northern syria where i am right now will go to turkey, which pieces will go back to russia's ally, putin's ally, syrian regime of ash shar al assad. this area is the kurdish homeland, the place where the last five years kurds have been fighting side by side with american troops. their homeland is being divided, very little concern paid to their future. now hundreds of thousands of kurds are on the move, many of them living in desert areas. it's getting cold. u.n. aid agencies say 70,
we're waiting for a press conference in sochi to start between putin and erdogan. tell us what you're seeing as this deadline nears? >> reporter: everyone is watching that press conference, frankly. it was carved up when president bush invaded iraq in 2003 and blew up that country. now syria is on the table being carved up between vladimir putin and turkey's president erdogan. they're carving it up because u.s. troops are leaving this area and creating a vacuum. now erdogan and putin, and...
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again, erdogan calling this historic agreement. we have yet to get kurdish reaction. >> and what about turkish reaction? because this has played out differently than everyone expected although donald trump knew that erdogan wanted u.s. troops out of northern syria, to pull back. and he had indicated at the united nations what would happen if he had the ability to create that space. and now the administration is talking about sanctions and has imposed some sanctions. how is all of this working in turkey? >> reporter: well, i think that it is important to view this conflict between turkish and kurdish forces within a decades-long conflict really between turkey and kurdish fighters within its own country. and it is through that prism that ordinary people here in turkey are looking at all of this and erdogan sees this as an opportunity to unify the country with the exception is of course for kurdish party here inside turkey, to unify the country behind him. it is important to remember that he has suffered some setbacks in local electio
again, erdogan calling this historic agreement. we have yet to get kurdish reaction. >> and what about turkish reaction? because this has played out differently than everyone expected although donald trump knew that erdogan wanted u.s. troops out of northern syria, to pull back. and he had indicated at the united nations what would happen if he had the ability to create that space. and now the administration is talking about sanctions and has imposed some sanctions. how is all of this...
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schaub scha >>> i just spoke to president erdogan of turkey. we're doing very, very well with turkey. there's a cease-fire or a pause or whatever you want to call it. there was some sniper fire this morning. there was mortar fire this morning that was eliminated quickly, and they're back to the full pause. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was president trump insisting that a cease-fire in north eastern syria was still in effect despite reported gunfire and explosions. just yesterday turkey and the kurds signed off on a pause in fighting after talks between vice president mike pence, secretary of state mike pompeo and turkish president erdogan. the cease-fire was supposed to last five days in order to allow kurdish-led troops to withdraw from a safe zone along the border. the united nations is reporting roughly 1,700 people from the region mostly women and children have now fled. nearly 500 people have been killed since the offensive started. but during his rally in dallas last night, president trump compared the deadly fighting in syria to a
schaub scha >>> i just spoke to president erdogan of turkey. we're doing very, very well with turkey. there's a cease-fire or a pause or whatever you want to call it. there was some sniper fire this morning. there was mortar fire this morning that was eliminated quickly, and they're back to the full pause. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was president trump insisting that a cease-fire in north eastern syria was still in effect despite reported gunfire and...
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erdogan's communications director saying, yes, president erdogan does plan to meet the u.s. delegation and with vice president pence tomorrow. >>> well, cleanup on aisle five, right? i think probably this was a very embarrassing admission by erdogan. when he was saying his true feelings, that he didn't think they were important enough to meet with. time will tell how this turns out, but it's not going to have a good ending for the thing that's most important, and that is making sure we control isis and the threat that they are to our nation. >> as you look at those pictures, you can't help but think about what's happened over the past ten days or two weeks. it all started with a phone call between president trump and president erdogan. >> you can't also help but think about an issue that was not discussed in detail, if it was discussed at all last night during the democratic debate, is the phrase endless war. it refers to iraq and afghanistan. there's going to be an endless war or a longtime war in our battle against isis, against al qaeda, throughout the world, in somalia,
erdogan's communications director saying, yes, president erdogan does plan to meet the u.s. delegation and with vice president pence tomorrow. >>> well, cleanup on aisle five, right? i think probably this was a very embarrassing admission by erdogan. when he was saying his true feelings, that he didn't think they were important enough to meet with. time will tell how this turns out, but it's not going to have a good ending for the thing that's most important, and that is making sure we...
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have we heard anything from erdogan? >> erdogan must be very pleased tonight. he got exactly what he want. he said that he would not negotiate unless he got the terms that he got tonight, which was the withdrawal of kurdish forces from this area and the creation of this safe zone. what we haven't heard is the official response from the kurds themselves. but frankly, they don't hold a lot of cards. they were getting slaughtered. they were facing the second largest army in nato. an army that apparently had the green light of the united states even though president trump says he never gave the green light. but the u.s. never actually tried to stop this conflict. there were -- there have been, throughout this time, american forces in syria who were ordered to do nothing to stop the turkish assault. so this -- this -- this was a great victory tonight for erdogan. i think he is trying to go down in history as the person who extended turkey's borders, added a new province, and is now going to put between one to three million new -- new turks, if you will, on syrian te
have we heard anything from erdogan? >> erdogan must be very pleased tonight. he got exactly what he want. he said that he would not negotiate unless he got the terms that he got tonight, which was the withdrawal of kurdish forces from this area and the creation of this safe zone. what we haven't heard is the official response from the kurds themselves. but frankly, they don't hold a lot of cards. they were getting slaughtered. they were facing the second largest army in nato. an army...
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general assembly or president erdogan wanted to meet president trump at the u.n. general assembly, it didn't happen. so, president trump calls him. in the course of this call, president erld wan bridogan, we to do this, we're doing this offensi offensive, and didn't necessarily get a green light, but maybe a yellow light, go ahead and proceed with caution, just don't make it too outrageous and don't hurt anile of the american troops there. then, that is a green light, by the way. then, u.s. troops, some of them, pulled away from the front line areas, or the would be front line areas, pulling back from the border, the border that, where turkish troops are now lined up, so, that's opening the door for them. and we spoke to a u.s. official today that said u.s. troops haven't been orderered to leave syria. they are still in syria, still around 1,000 of them. and in some ways, that's worse, because they're going to be in syria, on their bases, with no mandate to protect the people who they've been fighting shoulder to shoulder with for the last four years. a very, very
general assembly or president erdogan wanted to meet president trump at the u.n. general assembly, it didn't happen. so, president trump calls him. in the course of this call, president erld wan bridogan, we to do this, we're doing this offensi offensive, and didn't necessarily get a green light, but maybe a yellow light, go ahead and proceed with caution, just don't make it too outrageous and don't hurt anile of the american troops there. then, that is a green light, by the way. then, u.s....
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erdogan basically do whatever you feel like you want to do. in spite of whatever statements that the white house is making now and inviting him into the white house which is the best invitation a president could give. it is not only saying you got permission to do this. this pretty much, the visual and the invitation pretty much says you got to support. >> secretary, ray mabus, the former u.s. ambassador to saudi arabia. >>> president trump allowed turkey to invade syria. president trump had major business interests in turkey. we'll check out if it is a c conflict interest for the president. >> crazy and frighten, those words were being used according to a memo of the whistleblower. specific gas and electric, pg&e says severe heavy winds in northern and central regions of the state are forcing it to cut power as a way to avoid wildfires. companies blamed in recent years for several fires including the one in paradise that killed 86 people. it was believed to have been spark by downed power lines. the outages could last for several days. you ar
erdogan basically do whatever you feel like you want to do. in spite of whatever statements that the white house is making now and inviting him into the white house which is the best invitation a president could give. it is not only saying you got permission to do this. this pretty much, the visual and the invitation pretty much says you got to support. >> secretary, ray mabus, the former u.s. ambassador to saudi arabia. >>> president trump allowed turkey to invade syria....
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the bbc reports erdogan promptly threw the letter out and ordered his forces into syria. keir simmons joins us from ankara. so much going on, they flew over saying they would broker a cease-fire but erdogan in the interim, while they were in the air, said he had no interest that cease-fire. >> reporter: that's right, andrea. and i know that you, my friend, have been in this situation more times than perhaps you care to remember, because we're standing here in the news conference room waiting for that news conference with the vice president. it was supposed to start well over an hour ago. no sign of the vice president. what we're hearing is that the u.s. delegation and the turkish delegation are still locked in talks. the first meeting between vice president pence and president erdogan lasted more than an hour. now this wider bilateral is lasting two hours and still going. andrea, it's not just officials in the room, this is a high level meeting, you have the vice president, the secretary of state. on the turkish side you have the president, you have the defense minister,
the bbc reports erdogan promptly threw the letter out and ordered his forces into syria. keir simmons joins us from ankara. so much going on, they flew over saying they would broker a cease-fire but erdogan in the interim, while they were in the air, said he had no interest that cease-fire. >> reporter: that's right, andrea. and i know that you, my friend, have been in this situation more times than perhaps you care to remember, because we're standing here in the news conference room...
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. >> one way to look at this is that president erdogan and president trump buried the hatchet. they buried it right in the back of the kurds. >>> and government bailout. the president awards his struggling miami golf resort a big federal contract for the g-7 summit next year, forcing foreign governments to pay his company to attend the gathering of world leaders. >> the purpose of the emoluments clause is to keep the president of the united states of america from profiting off of foreign money. this is about as direct and profound a violation of the emoluments clause as one could create. >>> and good day, everyone. and what a day it is. this is andrea mitchell in washington where heads are still spinning after a chaotic 24 hours both at home and abroad. here is just a sampling of everything that happened in trump world in the last day alone. thursday started with the u.s. ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, telling the impeachment inquiry the president delegated ukraine policy to his personal attorney rudy giuliani. the president's acting chief of staff, mick mul
. >> one way to look at this is that president erdogan and president trump buried the hatchet. they buried it right in the back of the kurds. >>> and government bailout. the president awards his struggling miami golf resort a big federal contract for the g-7 summit next year, forcing foreign governments to pay his company to attend the gathering of world leaders. >> the purpose of the emoluments clause is to keep the president of the united states of america from profiting...
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erdogan is a very proud man. and he was deeply insulted, finally, finally, they arranged this infamous phone call, and trump on a whim, because of his gut, apparently, just decided to pull american troops out of the way, so that erdogan could invade northern syria. this is not foreign policy. this is whim. this is caprice. this is sure stupidity. and, shear stupidity, and now trump is trying to make it look like an unconventional victory of some kind. but he sold out kurdish ally, sold them out to turkey, which is more lose to russia and in the process of selling out ukraine, make no mistake about that because his only interest in ukraine is to try and dig up dirt on the democrats, either in 2016, or for 2020. >> christopher dicky, thank you for joining us this saturday morning. always great to have your insight. appreciate it. >>> while we might be hearing a lot more talk about president trump about something that really consumes him, hillary clinton's emails. ry clinton's emails i am totally blind. and non-24 c
erdogan is a very proud man. and he was deeply insulted, finally, finally, they arranged this infamous phone call, and trump on a whim, because of his gut, apparently, just decided to pull american troops out of the way, so that erdogan could invade northern syria. this is not foreign policy. this is whim. this is caprice. this is sure stupidity. and, shear stupidity, and now trump is trying to make it look like an unconventional victory of some kind. but he sold out kurdish ally, sold them out...
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the congratulations to erdogan are congratulations for erdogan being able to implement fully the policy he's been wanting to implement for a number of years. should he host him here in washington, i think that would send a terrible message to other leaders in the world, particularly to organizations that are trying to establish democratic rule or fighting against other authoritarian leaders. i would recommend against it. >> all right, larry, brett. thank you both pore being here today. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> growing divide. the signs some republicans are starting to distance themselves from the president when he may need their support the most. ay need their support the most. >>> look, i fought with people on the air about is there a quid pro quo and does this rise to the level of impeachment? i now believe that it does. >> we're not supposed to use government power and prestige for political gain. >> is that an impeachable offense? >> that's something i really can't answer. >> that was former ohio governor john kasich and florida congressman francis rooney, both republicans, t
the congratulations to erdogan are congratulations for erdogan being able to implement fully the policy he's been wanting to implement for a number of years. should he host him here in washington, i think that would send a terrible message to other leaders in the world, particularly to organizations that are trying to establish democratic rule or fighting against other authoritarian leaders. i would recommend against it. >> all right, larry, brett. thank you both pore being here today....
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the nato chief says that he will call president erdogan friday. friday. >> remarkable. >> he says i call on turkey to act with restraint. we've just seen jets take off from the air base and bomb places that we know from turkey's attack last year that they do not act with restraints. >> and this air base is used by nato forces. and this is a complicating factor. turkey is a nato ally and kurds are an ally. don't go anywhere. i want to join in graeham wood, staff writer for the atlantic. you wrote prior to this happening but as a result of the decision allies and potential allies will watch this as far as of geopolitics and again wonder what an alliance with america is really worth if it can be flushed away one night and restored the next or if there is always a part where trump says something and then the part where he takes back. this is not as bill says what could be ethnic cleansing, but it is cleansing very allies who helped us defeat allies in the region. >> yeah, a lot of empty cemetery plo plots in are arlington but we had kurds fighting for
the nato chief says that he will call president erdogan friday. friday. >> remarkable. >> he says i call on turkey to act with restraint. we've just seen jets take off from the air base and bomb places that we know from turkey's attack last year that they do not act with restraints. >> and this air base is used by nato forces. and this is a complicating factor. turkey is a nato ally and kurds are an ally. don't go anywhere. i want to join in graeham wood, staff writer for the...
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that was president trump yesterday praising turkish president erdogan after having warned the turkish president days earlier not to be, quote, a tough guy. president erdogan suggested he was offended by that letter saying turkey would, quote, do what's necessary when the time comes. we haven't forgotten it. it would not be right for us to forget it. amid scattered fighting erdogan has threatened to resume military operations despite the negotiated cease-fire. they were surprised how easy the negotiations were. we got everything we wanted, said the official. for more i'm joined by jennifer ruben, opinion writer with "the washington post," and christina greer at fordham university. >> let me start with you, jennifer. something i think we've never seen during a trump presidency. written by a senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, criticizing in strong term's trump's policy here. he said withdrawing is a grave strategic mistake. embolden our enemies and weaken alliances. what do you make of the significance of this, and will it ultimately have -- will criticism like this ultimately have
that was president trump yesterday praising turkish president erdogan after having warned the turkish president days earlier not to be, quote, a tough guy. president erdogan suggested he was offended by that letter saying turkey would, quote, do what's necessary when the time comes. we haven't forgotten it. it would not be right for us to forget it. amid scattered fighting erdogan has threatened to resume military operations despite the negotiated cease-fire. they were surprised how easy the...
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some of you have seen tp letther that i put out to erdogan. i gave it to president erdogan. some of you have seen it with the general, listen, don't open those doors and let them out to create more havoc so that we come in. some of those doors we just opened, let's create some havoc and some political exposure for the president of the united states. we were the ones that contact, we were the ones that got isis, we are the ones that took care of it. specifically me because i am the one that gave the order. when i came in under president obama, isis was a disaster all over that area. i was the one that got them, we were the ones that captured them. i will say this, russia, iran, syria and maybe slightly lesser extent, turkey, they all hate isis as much as we do. we are 7,000 miles away. i can't bring my soldiers back home. that's what i am doing. that includes other places, too. many other places. s diplomat diplom diplomatically, it takes a period of time. we are in many countries, many, many countries. i am embarrassed i tell you how many. i know the exact number because it
some of you have seen tp letther that i put out to erdogan. i gave it to president erdogan. some of you have seen it with the general, listen, don't open those doors and let them out to create more havoc so that we come in. some of those doors we just opened, let's create some havoc and some political exposure for the president of the united states. we were the ones that contact, we were the ones that got isis, we are the ones that took care of it. specifically me because i am the one that gave...
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erdogan goes in and then the u.s. starts trumpeting all the sanctions and everything that they would do leading up to the ceasefire. but the fact is it should not have been a surprise to anyone with cable let alone anyone with access to intelligence about syria and turkey. so the idea that we were taken aback by turkey going into syria doesn't hold any water. >> not only that, when did this really start? erdogan started really threatening to invade the northeast part of syria in a serious way the day he took delivery of the s-400 missile systems in july from russia. so this was very well planned by erdogan so distract us. and then we got drawn into this long negotiation and eventually erdogan got to trump and trump just completely gave a green light. and there is just no question it was a green light. you go back to the statement issued from are the white house on october 6. and now there is a scramble to deal with the consequences. on the hill yesterday, there is a very serious and very sober, very concerned discussi
erdogan goes in and then the u.s. starts trumpeting all the sanctions and everything that they would do leading up to the ceasefire. but the fact is it should not have been a surprise to anyone with cable let alone anyone with access to intelligence about syria and turkey. so the idea that we were taken aback by turkey going into syria doesn't hold any water. >> not only that, when did this really start? erdogan started really threatening to invade the northeast part of syria in a serious...
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and to top it all off, here's what happened the last time erdogan came to the white house. his besuited thugs beat protesters in the streets just blocks away as erdogan got out of his car and watched the violence. by the way, those protesters, those are kurdish protesters, the same ethnic group erdogan is dead set on making sure do not get a strong hold along north eastern syria, the same group his military is now going to wage a violent campaign against. the kurds fought alongside the u.s. in the fight against isis. what kind of person and president donald trump is. your business can do a lot in 10 minutes. like make a big sale. surprise and delight a customer. or come up with the winning idea. and 10 minutes is all you need to finally give your business the internet technology it really needs. we'll prove it. give us 10 minutes. if we can't offer you faster speed or better savings than your current internet service, we'll give you 300 dollars for your time. call now to get your comcast business 10 minute advantage and take your business beyond. comcast business. beyond fa
and to top it all off, here's what happened the last time erdogan came to the white house. his besuited thugs beat protesters in the streets just blocks away as erdogan got out of his car and watched the violence. by the way, those protesters, those are kurdish protesters, the same ethnic group erdogan is dead set on making sure do not get a strong hold along north eastern syria, the same group his military is now going to wage a violent campaign against. the kurds fought alongside the u.s. in...
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. >>> right now the vice president is in the capital of turkey meeting with president erdogan. mike pence is hoping that he can persuade turkey to stop their attack against the kurds that began just daying after president trump announced the official withdrawal of troops in the region. in a letter he sent to erdogan, president urged the turkish lead tore work out a good deal and don't be a fool. all of this as the house voted yesterday to rebuke the move in syria. a vote that included 129 republicans. but the president said he still made the right move. >> the curds are safer right now, they're not angels. you have to go back and take a look, but they fought with us, we paid a lot of money for them to fight with us and that's okay. they did well when they fought well with us. they didn't do so well when they didn't fight with us. >> 300,000 kurds have been displaced. runs have been kills, and above all they have been forced to cut a deal with their previous arch enemy. this is a true set babt for the curds, it is also a county check for u.s. policy. russia and iran are rising i
. >>> right now the vice president is in the capital of turkey meeting with president erdogan. mike pence is hoping that he can persuade turkey to stop their attack against the kurds that began just daying after president trump announced the official withdrawal of troops in the region. in a letter he sent to erdogan, president urged the turkish lead tore work out a good deal and don't be a fool. all of this as the house voted yesterday to rebuke the move in syria. a vote that included...
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what we do know is that reportedly vice president pence pushed erdogan to allow reporters in the room during the meeting and that did not happen. we have a photograph of the two looking very straight faced sitting side by side. other than that, we are waiting for the details, waiting to find out whether or not vice president pence was able to accomplish the cease-fire that this delegation has arrived in ankara to achieve. it was looking to be an uphill task from the beginning from just actually yesterday, especially considering what u.s. president trump had to say, seemingly undermining his vice president's from the get-go, saying what happens in syria is not of interest or importance to the united states. the united states has nothing to do with this conflict. that, combined with statements from president erdogan himself, saying that he would never commit to a cease-fire unless kurdish forces laid down their arms first, something that, of course, is not going to happen. i can tell you i was just near the turkey/syria border and i saw intense clashes going on near the kurdish town. th
what we do know is that reportedly vice president pence pushed erdogan to allow reporters in the room during the meeting and that did not happen. we have a photograph of the two looking very straight faced sitting side by side. other than that, we are waiting for the details, waiting to find out whether or not vice president pence was able to accomplish the cease-fire that this delegation has arrived in ankara to achieve. it was looking to be an uphill task from the beginning from just actually...
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and i want to thank president erdogan. this is an amazing outcome. they couldn't get it without a little rough love, as i called it, but i will tell you, on behalf of the united states, i want to thank turkey, and we have gotten everything we could have ever dreamed of, but i didn't know it was going to work out this quickly, i didn't know it would work out this well, it's a great day for the united states, it's a great day for turkey, it's really a great day for civilization. it's a great day for civilization. >> i just want to thank and congratulate though president erdogan. he's a friend of mine, and i'm glad we didn't have a problem, because frankly, he's a hell of a leader, and he's a tough man, he's a strong man, and he did the right thing. and i really appreciate it. and i will appreciate it in the future. and turkey is, i really appreciate what they've done. they did the right thing. and i have great respect for the president. >> president erdogan still coming next month to the white house? >> now i would say that would be very much open. i w
and i want to thank president erdogan. this is an amazing outcome. they couldn't get it without a little rough love, as i called it, but i will tell you, on behalf of the united states, i want to thank turkey, and we have gotten everything we could have ever dreamed of, but i didn't know it was going to work out this quickly, i didn't know it would work out this well, it's a great day for the united states, it's a great day for turkey, it's really a great day for civilization. it's a great day...