BBC: Erdogan shows anti-Kurdish video to senators at White House
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sparked tensions during his US visit when he showed Republican senators an anti-Kurdish video, US media say.
On Wednesday Mr Erdogan played the video on an iPad during a White House meeting with President Trump and the lawmakers who vocally back the Kurds.
President Donald Trump mostly observed the interaction, sources told US media.
Mr Trump has been widely criticised in the US for his decision to withdraw troops from Syria's border region.
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Update #1: Erdoğan showed GOP senators 'surreal' propaganda video during WH meeting (CNN)
Update #2: Scoop: Erdogan upends Oval meeting to play anti-Kurd film on iPad (Axios)
WNU Editor: No kidding .... Behind the Scenes, Erdogan’s Friendly White House Visit Had Tense Moments (New York Times)
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"We have a great relationship with the Kurds."
Don't you mean 'Had' Mr President Trump?
Edogan's great, great grandchildren will be Kurdish.
Boy, will they have a skeleton in the closet.
The press conference, which followed an Oval Office meeting, is just the latest example of Trump bending to Erdogan’s wishes, just a month after the U.S. president withdrew troops from Turkey’s border with Syria, paving the way for a Turkish attack on the YPG.
“Erdogan must be happy about the fact that Trump provided him a platform from the White House to defen[d] himself while his [government] is constantly grilled by the [international] media,” Ragip Soylu, a Turkish journalist, wrote on Twitter. “This is a PR win for Erdogan. World TV channels just broadcasted his remarks uninterruptedly for 15 minutes.”
The Oval Office meeting, which also included a group of high-profile senators including Lindsey Graham, could have been an opportunity for the two leaders to hash out an agreement on a myriad of issues, including Turkey’s purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile system, which threatens U.S. fighter jets, and a potential $100 billion trade deal. Yet no agreement was reached on either issue.
And 8:24 AM Fred did not have a point.
Trump’s tweet which Daniel Dale embedded as a snapshot:
Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad. She started off in Somalia, how did that go? Then fast forward to Ukraine, where the new Ukrainian President spoke unfavorably about her in my second phone call with him. It is a U.S. President’s absolute right to appoint ambassadors.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2019
And of course Trump can’t shut the fuck up; he’s now implied he’s had opposition research done into Yovanovitch’s work history. Why would he need to do that if his actions with regard to Ukraine were totally above board?
The truth is in the details.
Turks have always hated their minorities. It's too bad the earlier turk presidents were more willing to get along but not this one.
On vacation in Eastern Europe my parents met some Turkish officers at a restaurant. Introductions were made. My father gave his name, Michael, which is a common enough name in the West.
The Turkish officers asked him, if he was Jewish.
What is there to like about the Turks?
Liberals always complain about people (people not in their in-group; their political party) of being xenophobic. They hurl frequently as an insult and condemnation. Do they do so with people outside the West?
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