'I view the situation on the Turkish border with Syria to be, for the United States, strategically brilliant,' Pres. Trump says amid bipartisan criticism of his administration's decision to withdraw U.S. troops.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday again tried distance himself and the U.S. from the Syria crisis, telling reporters asking about Turkey attacking into Syria, 'It's not our problem."Elaborating on the continued fighting between Turkish forces and the U.S.-allied Syrian Kurds, Trump said of the Kurds,"They're not angels."
“We are not a policing agent. It is time for us to go home," the president said. He called his decision to remove American forces from the border area"strategically brilliant." Trump spoke as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence were leaving Washington later Wednesday for Turkey to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to negotiate a ceasefire."If Russia wants to get involved in Syria, it's up to them," Trump added.
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