Trump calls US troop withdrawal from Syria ‘strategically brilliant’
16 October 2019 - 20:32
Washington — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday played down the crisis in Syria touched off by Turkey’s incursion against US-allied Kurdish forces, and described the US's troop pullback a “strategically brilliant” move.
Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said imposing US sanctions on Turkey would be better than having US forces fighting in the region, adding that he was confident about the safety of US nuclear weapons in Turkey...
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