Discussion: Trump Call with Turkish President Led To Abrupt US Pullout From Syria

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Trump Tower Istanbul will be announced early next week…

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Erdogan: Vlad says to pull out.

Trump: Pull out?

Erdogan: Yes, of Syria. Vlad said.

Trump: Will do, believe me, will do.

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Transcript, please ! And unredacted, of course !

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agreeing to a withdrawal in a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week, two officials briefed on the matter said.

Thank God - I thought he was only taking advice from FOX news.

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A person who acts like a petulant child has the nuclear codes. If that isn’t sobering, I don’t know what is.

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“Time to focus on our Country & bring our youth back home where they belong!”

Just in time for a recession and a cratering economy.

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Nah, all Erdogan has to do is not find Khashoggi’s body.

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Remember that time that Hitler called up FDR and said, “Hey, buddy, do you mind staying off my beaches?”

And FDR said, “Sure!”

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Try the russian embassy.

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Well, that explains that 15-minute press briefing. It was call for a specific purpose that was walked back because they couldn’t get their shit together in time, and even though there were plenty of other things that needed to be explained, SHS just went through the motions for 15 minutes and walked out. What a clusterfuck.

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We’ve reached the point when John Bolton seems measured and tempered.

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Erdogan played him like a fiddle. EVERY foreign leader who has come in contact with this boob has played him. THIS is winning?

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Denmark is part of the ‘Nine Eyes’ group, quite a lot of people reads these signals.

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Even when you know it’s what happened, to read it literally makes you shudder. A US President is taking orders from a foreign frenemy and that’s just it, there’s no more context to add or anything, it just is what it is. A US president taking orders from a foreign power.

Make America a Vassal Again.

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…described by officials who were not authorized to discuss the decision-making process publicly…

Not only were the officials not authorized, they really don’t want to remember watching tRump pull this out of his ass. Some sights you have to work hard to forget.

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We can only hope that the briefcase handcuffed to that guy has only tRumps old socks in it.

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Many people are saying they wish Fred tRump had pulled out.

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Individual-1 just wants to be one of the cool girls dictators.

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Hey, Stable Genius, the pizza delivery guy says to nuke North Korea.

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