President Trump on Monday defended his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria as Turkey plans to launch a military operation in the region, tweeting that he would “obliterate” Ankara’s economy if it acts in a way he deems inappropriate.
The president, in a series of tweets, threatened to punish Turkey if it did anything “off limits” and insisted that the U.S. military could “always go back & BLAST” if needed.
“As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!),” Trump tweeted, referencing his past implementation of tariffs that hampered an already scuffling Turkish economy.
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Trump added that Turkey and others must “watch over the captured ISIS fighters and families,” and claimed the U.S. has captured “100% of the ISIS Caliphate.”
“It is time now for others in the region, some of great wealth, to protect their own territory,” Trump tweeted.
Trump also tweeted that the decision was a fulfillment of his campaign pledge to extricate the U.S. from “endless wars, where our great Military functions as a policing operation to the benefit of people who don’t even like the USA.
The endless and ridiculous wars are ENDING!” he tweeted. “We will be focused on the big picture, knowing we can always go back & BLAST!”
Trump claimed that China and Russia were the “most unhappy” about the decision to withdraw U.S. forces from the region, even though Russia has aligned itself with the Assad regime in Syria that the U.S. opposes.
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JUST IN: Trump says he would "obliterate" Turkey's economy if it does anything "off limits" following his decision to pull troops from Syria https://t.co/0jjJjso0nQ pic.twitter.com/J2Yitc3SzL
— The Hill (@thehill) October 7, 2019
"my great and unmatched wisdom."
So will the take on this be that it's just trolling the media too? If so, maybe don't include such twaddle in important statements about national security. If not, if we're supposed to take this seriously and literally, well, My God. https://t.co/90LYy4X7Mc— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) October 7, 2019
Silly me for writing an 11,400-word article containing illustrations of @realDonaldTrump’s pathological narcissism and sociopathy. I could have just retweeted this. https://t.co/ir75UDJDyD
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) October 7, 2019
I dare any GOP leader to say he's joking. https://t.co/xlcuMwZrJw
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 7, 2019
Yeah. Riiiiiiight!
If not *the* most unhinged, it's up there. This stopped being funny a long time ago. https://t.co/3oTj8JLdLJ
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 7, 2019
We're doing the equivalent of watching a toddler with a loaded handgun and a few live grenades throw a tantrum while we sit around discussing whether someone should step in and do something about it, and if we did, what would the other toddlers think?
— PostFactSojournerTim (@PostFactSojourn) October 7, 2019
Great and Unmatched Wisdom (GUW, pronounced 'goo') has entered the Trumpian pantheon of Good Words alongside Very Very Large Brain, Big Beautiful Wall and Very Stable Genius.
Happy Monday, everybody!https://t.co/aSjhETIuTb
— John Schindler (@20committee) October 7, 2019
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