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White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria

In his phone call with President Donald Trump, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly promised that Turkey would take responsibility for finishing off the Islamic State group if the U.S. pulled out of Syria, a senior White House official tells NBC News.

"Erdogan said to the president, 'In fact, as your friend, I give you my word in this,'" the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity to disclose details of a presidential phone call.

A second U.S. official confirmed that Erdogan had said during the call that Turkey could deal with any remaining ISIS fighters if Turkey were able to operate in northern Syria.

Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/white-house-says-erdogan-promised-trump-hed-finish-off-isis-in-syria/ar-BBRjzJd

Trump allowed himself to be punked by a Muslim Extremist to dictate our foreign policy.

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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2018, 03:42:31 am »
If you can’t trust Erdogan, who can you trust?
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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2018, 04:07:54 am »
   I trust this guy to write that cheque for the wall so we can open the Gov back up. 
   His ol lady is almost as hot as Melanie and wears prettier shoes.

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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2018, 04:36:06 am »
I have a hard time believing Trump would believe anything Erdogan says. Especially on serious matters of life and death.

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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2018, 04:44:16 am »
Geez...who would have ever thought the the USA would trust this turkey to do the fighting for us....  :shrug:
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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2018, 04:48:50 am »
Hey, I trust Erdogan.    *****rollingeyes*****

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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2018, 06:33:44 am »
Sounds to me like a controlled leak to spin something to try to get some of the pressure off of Trump's decision there. Donald took a lot of pressure over this decision to withdrawl.
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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2018, 06:39:49 am »
Why does this president embrace dictators and other unsavory characters? 

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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2018, 06:51:51 am »
Why does this president embrace dictators and other unsavory characters?

Better than dealing with our unsavory democrats. :pondering:
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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2018, 06:53:04 am »
Better than dealing with our unsavory democrats. :pondering:

Not really. 

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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2018, 10:27:41 am »
No.  Really.

You think people like Putin, Kim and now Erdogan are good friends for the US to have?  Why?  How do they benefit America?

To me they are foreign enemies just as Democrats and most Republicans are domestic enemies.  None of them can be trusted. They all want America to fail. 

Cozying up to Muslim leaders is what Obama did. Did you object to Obama's friendship with leaders whose countries sponsored or encouraged terrorism?  If so, why are you OK with Trump doing the same?

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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2018, 02:18:23 pm »
Why does this president embrace dictators and other unsavory characters?

Why did the last several?  Maybe because that's who's in power?

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« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2018, 02:19:35 pm »
Why does this president embrace dictators and other unsavory characters? 

His bromance with Putin. 

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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2018, 02:34:16 pm »
What's the worst that could happen?

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« Reply #15 on: December 23, 2018, 03:14:53 pm »
What's the worst that could happen?

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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #16 on: December 24, 2018, 02:22:38 am »
   I trust this guy to write that cheque for the wall so we can open the Gov back up. 
   His ol lady is almost as hot as Melanie and wears prettier shoes.



Shut your face! Nobody has prettier shoes than Melania. Also, I can spell Melania!
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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #17 on: December 24, 2018, 03:18:57 am »
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Erdogan sometimes does appear personable. I'm not a hater on him.  Too much rhetoric, that belongs at TOS not here. I am aware of the most basic facts on him, yes, he is a Fundamentalist Sunni supporting MB, probably did support some shady groups in Syria, there's a lot of that around though.

I mean, look, Rulers in the neighborhood are MBS, the Mullahs, Assad... and to an extent, it does seem if some of these gents want to hang on to power, they do have to use an iron-fist.
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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #18 on: December 24, 2018, 03:21:19 am »
   I trust this guy to write that cheque for the wall so we can open the Gov back up. 
   His ol lady is almost as hot as Melanie and wears prettier shoes.



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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #19 on: December 24, 2018, 11:53:12 am »
Trump allowed himself to be punked by a Muslim Extremist to dictate our foreign policy.


I'm sure they are going to attack the Kurds as well.
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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #20 on: December 24, 2018, 05:34:59 pm »

I'm sure they are going to attack the Kurds as well.

US envoys are headed to Ankara right now, to see how this deal would work. We might still pull out of our decision for all I know but after making sure, Mattis is out on January 1st, 2019, now it does seem like one can not swallow their pride on this.

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Re: White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria
« Reply #21 on: December 24, 2018, 08:32:36 pm »
This story appears to be in conflict with this one posted on another thread.  http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,345245.msg1876345.html#msg1876345

Hard to believe Trump would arm the Kurds and then deal with Edrogan when he hates the Kurds.
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