President Donald Trump is citing his “great and unmatched wisdom” to defend what even his closest supporters and allies are calling his irresponsible decision to pull out of Northern Syria, opening up the region to Turkey which will wipe out America’s allies in the fight against ISIS. He also just threatened Turkey, a NATO ally, saying he will “totally destroy and obliterate” their economy if they do anything he considers “to be off limits.”
Many say Trump just paved to road to genocide of the Kurds.
Still others, like his former UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, say Trump leaving the Kurds “to die” is a “big mistake.”
We must always have the backs of our allies, if we expect them to have our back. The Kurds were instrumental in ou… https://t.co/Gg17qgYBnH— Nikki Haley (@Nikki Haley) 1570453086
Here are the extremist threats Trump just made against NATO ally Turkey, after moving to support them over the Kurds:
As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched… https://t.co/tNjd9bRijx— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1570462689
....the captured ISIS fighters and families. The U.S. has done far more than anyone could have ever expected, inclu… https://t.co/Zb51wQ2qQC— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1570462689
Remember, in August Trump declared himself “the chosen one” and said he is “the second coming of God,” and the “King of Israel.”Here’s how some are responding to Trump’s latest tweets:
Threatening to obliterate the economy of a NATO ally is probably not going to reassure any of Trump's critics on Sy… https://t.co/lIwyW3ZQss— Garrett Haake (@Garrett Haake) 1570463042
it's like tweets from the Wizard of Oz https://t.co/ugiaK8Py1n— Garance Franke-Ruta (@Garance Franke-Ruta) 1570462856
An embattled president who calls himself a "stable genius" refers to his "great and unmatched wisdom" while threate… https://t.co/yPSs3myQRz— Brendan Nyhan (@Brendan Nyhan) 1570463360
Get the fcking net. Now. https://t.co/C3kLRJOJjH— Charles P. Pierce (@Charles P. Pierce) 1570462870
Is it me or is this utterly demented? https://t.co/R07aRB6enD— Jeet Heer (@Jeet Heer) 1570463458
