Turkish president Erdogan 'threw Trump's Syria letter in bin'
Source: BBC
In the letter dated 9 October, and sent after US troops were pulled out of Syria, Mr Trump told Mr Erdogan: "Don't be a tough guy. Don't be a fool!"
Turkish presidential sources told BBC Turkish that the letter was "thoroughly rejected" by Mr Erdogan.
On the day the letter was received, Turkey launched a cross-border offensive against Kurdish-led forces.
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In response, Turkish presidential sources said: "President Erdogan received the letter, thoroughly rejected it and put it in the bin."
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50080737
irisblue
(32,973 posts)Writing.
And the Russians are even laughing at him for that
"Kremlin spokesman Peskov: You dont often encounter such language in correspondence between heads of state. Its a highly unusual letter, https://reut.rs/31lEfyg
yaesu
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(35,699 posts)Doodley
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(61,604 posts)benld74
(9,904 posts)not_the_one
(2,227 posts)n/t
Ramsey Barner
(349 posts)US troops are still in Syria. The BBC has been getting sloppier with its reporting, or maybe its editing. It probably meant "sent after US troops were ordered to retreat to new positions in Syria."
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Usually the Beeb is more meticulous than this.
appleannie1
(5,067 posts)Even a jackass would have known what the reception would be.
PatSeg
(47,427 posts)who apparently thought he could talk Erdogan down with his simplistic language. Talked about making a great "deal" twice like he was still buying and selling real estate or chastising a contestant on The Apprentice. I think Trump finally is beginning to realize there are consequences to his actions, consequences that can't be undone.
machoneman
(4,007 posts)...absolutely has no filter nor anyone to bounce his ideas off of. Where's the family I wonder? Not even his teenage dream daughter? Notice how the entire family has been absent during the last few weeks as he digs himself a deeper hole over Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and all the State Department employee testimony. Dumb as they may be, they still smell blood in the water and are staying away.
Btw, a great letter that WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY along with that great pic of a stoic Nancy Pelosi standing up the Trump!
PatSeg
(47,427 posts)Whenever things start getting nasty, family members disappear. They only want to be around Trump when it serves their needs. No one really likes him, they just use him.
Love the photo of Nancy Pelosi!