After leaving the Turks to attack Kurdish forces in Syria, Donald Trump changed his mind on Monday.
Donald Trump has made 10,000 lies since his election, the Washington Post keeps the accounts. But this great scholar wants to respect his campaign promise, he wants to bring the "boys" home and especially those who camp in Syrian Kurdistan.
Two years ago, at the fall of Raqqa, he had sounded the withdrawal: "they are all returning and now".
The allies were indignant, especially the Kurds who know that the Turks are just waiting for this to make their skin. The tweet has remained a dead letter. John Bolton and Mike Pompeo were watching.
Bis repetita, Sunday. Recep Tayip Erdogan calls Donald Trump to tell him he's getting impatient. The White House is ordering the recall of the troops to let the Caliph launch the hunt for peshmerga. The deputies are abandoned to their fate. The indignation of elected Republicans forced Donald Trump to backtrack on Monday. He needs them to not end up shredded by Democrats.
He therefore threatens the Turks "to annihilate their economy" if he considers "in his incomparable wisdom" that they exceed the limits.
It is indeed unparalleled to trumpet that one betrays his protégés, then to threaten an ally within NATO, before spreading his weakness in front of his political friends.
Never two without three, Americans will desert. The sneering French should rather be worried about the 120,000 jihadists and their families that sooner or later the Kurds will relax in the wild.