Trump 'unleashed the gates of hell' by green-lighting Turkey's Syria invasion, SenatorMenendez says
"He [Trump] saw the reaction from Congress and from others in the foreign policy and national security establishment have a huge backlash," the Democratic lawmaker said."And he wanted to, in essence, show that he had a different calculation. But this letter is only after you unleashed the gates of hell at the end of the day, and gave the green light to Turkey.
Thursday that Erdogan simply trashed the letter, and threw it"in the bin." Turkey launched its invasion of northern Syria on October 9, the same day the letter was drafted, following a phone call last Sunday between Trump and his counterpart in Ankara.
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