“I actually thought it was a prank.” Rep. Mike Quigley reacts to Pres. Trump’s letter to Turkish Pres. Erdogan about Turkey’s offensive in northern Syria. “For him to write this and to also say that it doesn’t affect us is ignorance at the highest level.”
Washington President Donald Trump sent an extraordinary letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week warning him he could destroy Turkey's economy if the situation in Syria is not contained and resolved in a humane way, CNN has confirmed.
The letter was sent on October 9 -- three days after the two leaders had spoken by phone -- the same day the Turkish incursion into Syria began.
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