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Trump Praises Turkey Following Invasion, Says Northern Syria Needed To Be 'Cleaned Out'

Trump Praises Turkey Following Invasion, Says Northern Syria Needed To Be 'Cleaned Out'
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President Trump faced fierce backlash after justifying Turkey's invasion of Syria on Thursday by saying that they needed to have parts of northern Syria "cleaned out."


While speaking to reporters in Texas, Trump praised his "friend," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for being a "hell of a leader" after Vice President Mike Pence was able to get Turkey to agree to a five-day "pause" in fighting a week after they had invaded Syria.

During his rambling comments ahead of his Dallas rally, Trump seemingly endorsed the ethnic cleansing of Syrian Kurds by Turkish forces, saying:

"So you have a 22-mile strip that for many, many years, Turkey, in all fairness, they've had a legitimate problem with it. They had terrorists, they had a lot of people in there that they couldn't have. They've suffered a lot of loss of lives also. And they had to have it cleaned out."

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Pence has referred to the deal as a "ceasefire," but Erdogan hasn't gotten on board with that lingo, emphasizing, "This is not a ceasefire," and saying that Turkey has no intention of withdrawing troops.

But that didn't stop Trump from boasting about his achievement, saying, "We've gotten everything we've ever dreamed of," and claimed the Kurds are "incredibly happy" with the outcome.

He called it a "great day for the United States," before adding, "It's a great day for Turkey...The Kurds were great. Great day for the Kurds. It's really a great day for civilization."

He also credited himself with stemming a lot of bloodshed, saying:

"You would have lost millions and millions of lives. They couldn't get it without a little 'rough love,' as I called it...they needed a little bit of that at the beginning."

People were horrified by Trump's casual language about Turkey's targeting of Syrian Kurds.





Yet another disturbing example of Trump's abhorrent behavior.


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