The Donald Trump thread

[Heisenberg]

'All he did was withdraw 28 military personnel'?

Utter nonsense.

What he did was a telephone call with Erdogan where he gave the green light for accelerated invasion, ethnic cleansing and all out attack on the Kurdish forces that his government had previously regarded as allies.

Then almost a week later panicked in the face of almost universal condemnation (especially from his Republican mates) and tried to half backtrack. Far too late. The Pence/Pompeo mission to Turkey got a few days partial pause in the attack but otherwise confirmed the position Trump took originally with Erdogan.

Getting out of Syria (or anywhere else the US has put its military) is never just about troops- it is what chaos is left behind and who is given a free run to fill the political/military vacuum. I suspect Trump has got to where he is now through stupidity, ignorance and ineptitude rather than as part of some ingenious master-plan, but that doesn't help Kurdish kids being shelled with white phosphorous.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-tro...di-arabia-iran

You've got it all wrong, Jon. All Trump did was send 1,800 military personnel to Saudi Arabia after withdrawing the "28 military personnel" from Syria... to help curtail US overseas military involvement.

[cyril evans awaydays]

https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-tro...di-arabia-iran

You've got it all wrong, Jon. All Trump did was send 1,800 military personnel to Saudi Arabia after withdrawing the "28 military personnel" from Syria... to help curtail US overseas military involvement.

If only the Kurds had spent a bit more in Trump hotels.....or had oil instead of lots of sand the outcome could have been a tad different I guess!

[Heisenberg]

If only the Kurds had spent a bit more in Trump hotels.....or had oil instead of lots of sand the outcome could have been a tad different I guess!

It's depressing.

"They’ve got a lot of sand over there. So, there’s a lot of sand that they can play with. Let them fight their own wars" was the line that he used to talk about the potential deaths of innocent civilians.

But wait... there's this tweet from 2014 too...

Saudi Arabia should fight their own wars, which they won't, or pay us an absolute fortune to protect them and their great wealth-$ trillion!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 31, 2014

What he's doing is completely obvious and indefensible.

[cyril evans awaydays]

If only the Kurds had spent a bit more in Trump hotels.....or had oil instead of lots of sand the outcome could have been a tad different I guess!

I take it all back. They had oil all along and Donny's secured it....who knew?

https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...-soldiers-home

[Wales-Bales]

I take it all back. They had oil all along and Donny's secured it....who knew?

https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...-soldiers-home

You seem disappointed that the most evil people in the world didn't get hold of it.

[Wales-Bales]

https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-tro...di-arabia-iran

You've got it all wrong, Jon. All Trump did was send 1,800 military personnel to Saudi Arabia after withdrawing the "28 military personnel" from Syria... to help curtail US overseas military involvement.

They withdrew the 28 military personnel from the Turkish-Syria 30 mile border zone.

If troops are sent anywhere it's because of issues of national security. America has an issue with Iran, not Turkey.