“I work with (Senator) Lindsay Graham and many members of Congress, including the Democrats, to impose powerful sanctions on Turkey. The Ministry of Finance is ready to start; additional law may be required. There is excellent consensus on this. Turkey asked that this not be done. Wait! ”Trump wrote on Twitter.
October 9, Ankara announced the start of the ground part of the military operation "Source of Peace" in northeast Syria.
Earlier, the head of the Pentagon, Mark Esper, in a telephone conversation with Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, called for an end to the military operation "Source of Peace" in Syria.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will not stop the military operation "Source of Peace" in Syria, despite calls from other countries, including the United States.