The Wall Street Journal says President Donald Trump prides himself on individual diplomacy, but he often makes reckless and destructive decisions such as his surprise order a few days ago for US troops to withdraw from northern Syria.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whom she described as a strong Turkish man, now dictates conditions to the US president, and the consequences are likely to be far beyond Syria and Turkey.

The paper notes that Trump made the decision after a phone call with Erdogan, and that the latter said he wanted to follow his move in Syria.

US officials have been negotiating with Turkey for months to establish a safe zone in the region that would protect Kurdish and Turkish interests while preserving gains after the Islamic State was defeated.

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Pleading for Erdogan
Jennifer Griffin of Fox News said Trump was supposed to tell Erdogan to stay north of the border.

Trump should have said that the US military would remain in control over the region and would respond to the protection of US Kurds and soldiers.

Turkish intervention in Syria has now begun, while State Department officials have yet to beg Erdogan and say that what he is doing is a very big mistake.

Erdogan could be considered an excuse in his move if more attention is paid to Trump's comments a few days ago that he could accept Turkish intervention in Syria because he wants to end "America's endless wars."

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State organization
Trump claimed Erdogan would take control of more than 10,000 Kurdish-controlled ISIS prisoners, but one of Erdogan's top advisers told CNN a few days ago that Turkey "never said" it would "bear the burden" of detaining prisoners.

But what if the Kurds stop holding prisoners fleeing in front of the Turkish advance? The paper asks.

She says IS fighters can be free to join about 15,000 fighters who have not been killed or captured, where they can once again raise their flag on territory in Syria or Iraq.

The paper quotes Trump as saying that the Kurds may have helped in the war against ISIS, but they received good salaries in return.

Europe and refugees
Mr Trump is also a thumbs up to America's friends in Europe, she says, explaining that the US State Department has spent months seeking help from Europe to share the burden of maintaining a safe area in northern Syria, but Erdogan now threatens Europe with a new wave of refugees if its leaders are critical. His intervention in Syria.

"We will open the gates and send 3.6 million refugees on the way to you," Erdogan said.

Some sages claim that Trump made the concession to Turkey as part of a strategy to win Erdogan's support against Tehran, but Erdogan has undermined US sanctions on Iran in the past.