“Turkey has hatched plans to attack the Kurds for a long time. They always fought. Our military is not in the offensive area, I am trying to end endless wars. We speak with both parties. Some want us to send tens of thousands of soldiers to this zone and start a new war again ... Others say keep aloof and let the Kurds wage their war (with our financial help), ”Trump wrote on Twitter.
He added that if Turkey “does not play by the rules”, it must be “hit financially and with sanctions.”
“I’m watching closely,” the US president said.
Earlier, Trump called Turkey’s decision to launch a military operation in Syria a “bad idea”, promising to continue to send material assistance and weapons to the Kurds.
At the same time, US Republican Senator Lindsay Graham accused Trump of “shamelessly abandoning the Kurdish allies of the United States,” which are located in northern Syria.