Mnuchin just gave a press-con about Turkey

[JohnnyRingo]

He stated that the Trump administration is poised to shut down the Turkish economy. He admits that everything in Syria has spiraled out of control and hinted that the president will have to take extreme action.

No one asked him if he knows how this international mess came to be. I would have.

[gratuitous]

1. Everything in Syria has spiraled out of control

Something that just happened. Nobody knows why. It's like the tides going in and out. Nobody knows why.

[wasupaloopa]

2. He hasn't balls to say anything trump hasn't approved first.

[OKNancy]

3. Someone asked if Trump's actions caused the problem

He quibbled and denied

[fleur-de-lisa]

4. My cat knew shit would spiral out of control in Syria. JFC!

[bdamomma]

5. give me a fucking break

he was doing want Putin wanted him to do.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

6. So no one thought of asking that very simple question? We are

so truly fucked if this is the kind of "journalism" that we're depending on.....

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Mnuchin is now at the State Department? Oh, I guess we've gone behind the looking glass. NT

[smb]

8. Poised To Shut Down The Turkish Economy

What, is he going to build a chain of casinos and a branch of Trump University v2.0 in Ankara?

[maxsolomon]

9. Is this a joke?

I can't tell anymore.

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Fnuck Mnuchin.

Another deplorable in Trump's inner swamp.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. "...[I]t is imperative that Turkey not allow even a single ISIS fighter to escape."

It looks as if the water is over that dam:

Isis militants break out of prison in Syria after bombing by Turkey

[C_U_L8R]

12. Trump looks like a complete bozo

He's made a colossal mess in Syria and Turkey. He's wobbled all over the place and lashes out when he senses people are onto his weakness and total inability to govern. A crook. An idiot. And asshole. What a toxic combo.

[MineralMan]

13. Why is he even talking about this?

State is not his shop. He doesn't, and shouldn't, know anything about what the State Department is up to.

He should just STFU.