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secondwind

(16,903 posts)
2. That's because we have no one to represent us over there.. the State Dept. is totally gutted..
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 01:37 PM
Aug 2018

Tommy_Carcetti

(44,587 posts)
3. Trump will end up cutting a deal with Erdogan (who he admires as a brute) and claim it as a win.
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 01:39 PM
Aug 2018

Seems like a bit of a charade to me.

Brother Buzz

(40,429 posts)
5. Specifically, she announced sanctions on two top Turkish officials
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 01:53 PM
Aug 2018

The Department of Treasury will sanction Turkey's Minister of Justice and Minister of Interior for the arrest and detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson.

Essentially, any bank accounts or slush funds they may have in the United States are locked; a surgical strike.

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