It is reported by AFP.

“Kurds are not angels,” Trump quoted the agency as saying.

#BREAKING Trump: Kurds 'are no angels' pic.twitter.com/buSHfwCDwu

- AFP news agency (@AFP) October 16, 2019

According to the Independent, he described the Kurds in this way, trying to justify his decision regarding the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria before the Turkish military operation in the region.

Earlier, Trump recalled that "the Kurds did not help the United States in World War II," while the United States spent "huge money" to help them in Syria.

On October 14, an American leader announced that Syrian Kurds could intentionally release some militants of the Islamic State * terrorist group to engage the United States in a conflict.

* “Islamic State” (IG) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.