“The first president of the United States, who does not hesitate to call in his own words the things that his predecessors did,” Zakharova wrote on her Facebook page.
Earlier, Trump on Twitter threatened to “destroy and completely wipe out the face of the earth” the Turkish economy if he “by his great and unsurpassed wisdom” would consider Ankara’s actions “beyond the scope”.
On October 5, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the country could launch a military operation in northern Syria in the coming days.