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i told erdogan. this is not the solution. it was you, president erdogan who led the irish fighters flowing into begin with. >> senator graham. >> yes. >> why do you think that president trump listens to you when he wanted to quickly withdraw then and why he's not listening to you now, what specific assurances president erdogan made in the phone call that you participated in with president trump. >> president trump did not wake up two weeks ago and say hey erdogan, you can have syria. in december he announced the withdraw to president trump's credit. we reconfigured that withdraw and slowed in down and reassured the kurds that we are not going to abandon you. we are sympathetic to the problem. for us, they were allies. we are trying to accommodate both interests. what happens is erdogan called the president a couple of weeks ago and accused our general of slow walking of safe zone that we have created and lying and that he could not tolerate it anymore. it is not like president trump woke up one day and i am tired of syria and
i told erdogan. this is not the solution. it was you, president erdogan who led the irish fighters flowing into begin with. >> senator graham. >> yes. >> why do you think that president trump listens to you when he wanted to quickly withdraw then and why he's not listening to you now, what specific assurances president erdogan made in the phone call that you participated in with president trump. >> president trump did not wake up two weeks ago and say hey erdogan, you...
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what concessions did you get out of president erdogan, number one. number two, have you gotten specific assurances if the ypg that they'll comply with the terms of the agreement because this is something they said they would not do and finally with the kurds moving south and with the u.s. sanctions in terms of them moving south how would you say ss critics who would this is bad for the kurds. vice president pence: i think you can see for yourself what concessions were made. president trump in his phone call with president erdogan this week and in the directive he gave us to deliver was clear. he wanted a ceasefire. e wanted to stop the violence. turkey is engaged in an active military operation. i can tell you that as our discussions began over the course of the five-hour period of time, we reached a place of agreement about how a ceasefire could benefit turkey, achief president trump's objectives and also contribute to a peaceful resolution of the safe zone. i believe that we've accomplished that. with regard to the y.p.g., syrian defense forces, we
what concessions did you get out of president erdogan, number one. number two, have you gotten specific assurances if the ypg that they'll comply with the terms of the agreement because this is something they said they would not do and finally with the kurds moving south and with the u.s. sanctions in terms of them moving south how would you say ss critics who would this is bad for the kurds. vice president pence: i think you can see for yourself what concessions were made. president trump in...
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i said again and again to president erdogan. president trump sent us here to end the violence and achieve in an immediate cease-fire. in the proceeding days, we achieved that. my working to move out of the area to create more peace and security and stability. we'll work to accomplish that. we agree it can be accomplished during the 120 hours period and after which there will be a permanent cease-fire and we'll continue to engage. again, not military, the president made it clear that we are not going to have military personnel on the ground but the united states will continue to engage diplomatically, politically and in humanitarian aide and support to affect all of the people that's affected in the region. last question. >> you mentioned that the united states hosts turkey and syrian into the area. what concessions did you actually get out of president erdogan. have you gotten specific assurances that they'll comply with the terms of the agreement. that's something they said they would not do and finally with the kurds moving so
i said again and again to president erdogan. president trump sent us here to end the violence and achieve in an immediate cease-fire. in the proceeding days, we achieved that. my working to move out of the area to create more peace and security and stability. we'll work to accomplish that. we agree it can be accomplished during the 120 hours period and after which there will be a permanent cease-fire and we'll continue to engage. again, not military, the president made it clear that we are not...
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what concessions did you get out of president erdogan? have you got assurances from the ypg they will comply with the terms of the agreement as they said they would not do it? with the kurds moving south and u.s. sanctions, how would you address critics who would call this a second abandonment of the kurds? vice president pence: you will be able to see for yourself what concessions were made. president trump, in his telephone call with president erdogan earlier this week and in the directive he gave us to heiver, was very clear that wanted a cease-fire and he wanted to stop the violence. turkey has engaged in an active military operation. i can tell you that as our discussions began over the course of the five hour period of time, we reached a place of agreement about how a cease-fire could benefit turkey and achieve president trump's objectives and contribute to a peaceful resolution of the safe zone. i believe we have accomplished that. with regard to the ypg, syrian defense forces, we have been in contact and have received repeated ass
what concessions did you get out of president erdogan? have you got assurances from the ypg they will comply with the terms of the agreement as they said they would not do it? with the kurds moving south and u.s. sanctions, how would you address critics who would call this a second abandonment of the kurds? vice president pence: you will be able to see for yourself what concessions were made. president trump, in his telephone call with president erdogan earlier this week and in the directive he...
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how important is nato to erdoga erdogan? i'm not suggesting turkey should be kicked out but parenthetically the two beexamples where members of nato have been chastised and punished and for a few weeks in the summer of 75 in both cases they were denied intel. it might be a way to make clear to erdogan but my question is how important is nato? >> a variation is itor more likely nato would take action or erdogan would say i am suspending my nato membership? >> i was going to say in my initiall comment i don't think erdogan wants to get out of nat nato. because turkey is not a member of nato he wants to make turkey one of the big powers of the world. so he plays the game. but then to see how far he can go. >> so there is still mistrust between turkey and russia so they trust each other just a few years ago, remember that erdogan realized to withdraw the patriots. and in some ways recently just a few months ago the eastern mediterranean it is very important and the turkey russia partnership is not that type is not to the point w
how important is nato to erdoga erdogan? i'm not suggesting turkey should be kicked out but parenthetically the two beexamples where members of nato have been chastised and punished and for a few weeks in the summer of 75 in both cases they were denied intel. it might be a way to make clear to erdogan but my question is how important is nato? >> a variation is itor more likely nato would take action or erdogan would say i am suspending my nato membership? >> i was going to say in my...
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erdogan is an authoritarian thug. his rule left a glaring black mark on tur keys' historic secular democratic traditions. we need to pressure him while ramping up diplomacy in the hopes of getting turkey back on the right track as a nato ally. that's one of the goals of this measure. this bipartisan legislation also requires the trump administration to develop concrete strategies for combating isis, protecting syrian kurdish communities, and ensuring syrians who partnered with american forces as well as n.g.o.'s and humanitarian organizations can be safely resettled in the united states. this is a smart response to address the calamity caused by turkish forces in sir yasm it's up to congress to act, to make it clear where the american government stands. i want to thank my friend, ranking member mccaul, for working with me to introduce this legislation. i hope our colleagues will join us in supporting it. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the letter exchange will be entered i
erdogan is an authoritarian thug. his rule left a glaring black mark on tur keys' historic secular democratic traditions. we need to pressure him while ramping up diplomacy in the hopes of getting turkey back on the right track as a nato ally. that's one of the goals of this measure. this bipartisan legislation also requires the trump administration to develop concrete strategies for combating isis, protecting syrian kurdish communities, and ensuring syrians who partnered with american forces...
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president erdogan allowed fighters to begin with. reporter: why do you think that president trump listened to you last december when he wanted to withdraw and why he is not listening to you? do you think it is election year politics? ? d what specific assurances senator graham: president trump did not wake up two weeks ago and said erdogan, you can have syria. in december, he announced the withdrawal. to president trump's credit, we slowed it down and reassured the kurds that we are not going to abandon you. and create a safe zone where y.p.g. ould feel -- the kurds areize of the terror. we are trying to accommodate both interests. erdogan called the president and accused our germs of slow-walking the safe zones and he could not tolerate it anymore. so it's not like president trump just woke up one day and said i'm tired of syria. erdogan said i'm going to go in and the president counseled him not to but it did not work. and here's what i fear if it doesn't work with erdogan and not work with the eye tolla. now is a moment for the pr
president erdogan allowed fighters to begin with. reporter: why do you think that president trump listened to you last december when he wanted to withdraw and why he is not listening to you? do you think it is election year politics? ? d what specific assurances senator graham: president trump did not wake up two weeks ago and said erdogan, you can have syria. in december, he announced the withdrawal. to president trump's credit, we slowed it down and reassured the kurds that we are not going...
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president erdogan needs to here about the opposition. and it makes no sense to extend hospitality and niceties during this crisis. republicans and democrats must come together and ensure that the administration understands the consequences of these actions. we have to do more to ensure that such mistakes never happen again. thank you, mfficer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. i, too, rise this afternoon to discuss the situation in syria. let me commend my colleague, senator romney, for his very thoughtful and very timely and very important comments. we all recognize that the situation in syria is highly fluid, but it's important, i think, to state the case with respect to the president's decision to acquiesce to president erdogan's offensive against the kurds. the president's decision is a disaster for our partners in the fight against isis and the united states foreign policy more broadly spoken. while i welcome the temporary cease-fire announced a short time ago and hope that a permanent cease-fire can
president erdogan needs to here about the opposition. and it makes no sense to extend hospitality and niceties during this crisis. republicans and democrats must come together and ensure that the administration understands the consequences of these actions. we have to do more to ensure that such mistakes never happen again. thank you, mfficer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. i, too, rise this afternoon to discuss the situation in syria. let me commend my...
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erdogan is the key figure. you would think they should make things easier because you didn't with one man, but turkey is not saudi arabia. turkey is that egypt. despite the centralization of power and authoritarianism, public opinion and elections to match the turkey. you were to do with the public that is deeply anti-american. they think the u.s. is in decline and it has become irrelevant. you combine that very anti-american public opinion with a very personalized system in which there is no one that can put the brakes on erdogan worst instinct. so you get a turkey where erdogan worldview and is electoral considerations becomes decisive in foreign policymaking. the second thing i want to talk about is the change in turkish mr. kirk the turkish military is been an asset in this relationship. despite the very marginals, pro-russia military it's always been very tornado, very pro-united states and it was this very strong actor that pulled the relationship from the brink during difficult times. but now that milita
erdogan is the key figure. you would think they should make things easier because you didn't with one man, but turkey is not saudi arabia. turkey is that egypt. despite the centralization of power and authoritarianism, public opinion and elections to match the turkey. you were to do with the public that is deeply anti-american. they think the u.s. is in decline and it has become irrelevant. you combine that very anti-american public opinion with a very personalized system in which there is no...
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this is really erdogan's concern about the sanctions. the president heard that in his voice when erdogan called him on tuesday and the president was very emphatic. i'm going to impose the sanctions unless you abide by a cease-fire. he said we can achieve the same buffer zone used in diplomacy, we are trying to do in the first case before you introduce this violence. that's why we have the cease-fire and why we have the withdrawal and why we are finally going to get a buffer zone without any additional killing. >> harris: it is 20 miles wide, the safe zone barrier. 120 hours. they are hoping for a long-term cease-fire. before i let you go, you've been critical of the president's action. are you still critical? or removing the right direction? >> he made the right move here obviously. he deserves a lot of credit for it. he knows erdogan. that is part and parcel for this decision. i do still think strategically pulling out of syria, giving the return of isis and the iranians seeking domination, it's a strategic mistake i think we will regre
this is really erdogan's concern about the sanctions. the president heard that in his voice when erdogan called him on tuesday and the president was very emphatic. i'm going to impose the sanctions unless you abide by a cease-fire. he said we can achieve the same buffer zone used in diplomacy, we are trying to do in the first case before you introduce this violence. that's why we have the cease-fire and why we have the withdrawal and why we are finally going to get a buffer zone without any...
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president trump made that very clear to his friend, president erdogan. and the united states imposed sanctions earlier this week. and the president made it clear yesterday, we made it clear again today, that there would be additional sanctions coming to bring an end to the violence, to the loss of innocent lives, in this border conflict. that being said, let me say, i really believe today, today's ceasefire is a credit to president trump and to president erdogan. it's a credit to the strong relationship between the united states and turkey. it's also a credit to the strong relationship between our two leaders. where there are differences between friends, it's important that friends let their feelings be known. president trump did that in this case. but it facilitated us being able to reach an agreement that's now resulted in a ceasefire and we believe will set the stage for creating a peaceful and stable safe zone and the united states is committed to achieving that for all the people of this region. reporter: mr. vice president, can i finish my question
president trump made that very clear to his friend, president erdogan. and the united states imposed sanctions earlier this week. and the president made it clear yesterday, we made it clear again today, that there would be additional sanctions coming to bring an end to the violence, to the loss of innocent lives, in this border conflict. that being said, let me say, i really believe today, today's ceasefire is a credit to president trump and to president erdogan. it's a credit to the strong...
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well he invited president erdogan repeatedly, on the phone as well, and president erdogan accept this invitation so it depends on the relations and if, frankly speaking, if there is any sanctions on the president of his family, it doesn't make sense to go to the united states. but the invitation is still there, so we are considering it. ok, you were talking about allies. who are your allies now? because the whole dynamics have changed because of your intervention. we have seen the syrian kurds turn to damascus for a rapprochement, syria of course, president bashar al—assad backed by russia. so that effectively puts you at war with syria, doesn't it? no. why with syria? we are committed to the territory integrity and we are just fighting terrorists and we have this right emanating from the international law, un charters, the 51st article of the un charter, and there are many un security council resolutions on counterterrorism, so also we have another agreement with the regime or syria. so our right is emanated from all this international law and the agreements and the resolutions. th
well he invited president erdogan repeatedly, on the phone as well, and president erdogan accept this invitation so it depends on the relations and if, frankly speaking, if there is any sanctions on the president of his family, it doesn't make sense to go to the united states. but the invitation is still there, so we are considering it. ok, you were talking about allies. who are your allies now? because the whole dynamics have changed because of your intervention. we have seen the syrian kurds...
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thank you erdogan. millions of lives will be saved. we don't know what will be said in this press conference, but we do know that vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo are speaking after talks took place with turkey's president erdogan, the u.s. delegation is pressing for turkey to call a ceasefire with syria. i want to bring kristen welker back. i know i'm giving you zero time to report, but what do you know? >> reporter: well, i would stress the fact that that was vice president mike pence's big ask, for a ceasefire. we've heard that from president trump over the past several days. mike pompeo. and that is clearly what their goal was. so i wouldn't be surprised if that is part of what we're about to hear and of course they will get a number of questions because they are likely going to hold a press availability as they come to the podiums there. but again, this was the big ask. president trump announcing the withdraw of troops from the border of syria and of course we have seen turkey move in and of course the
thank you erdogan. millions of lives will be saved. we don't know what will be said in this press conference, but we do know that vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo are speaking after talks took place with turkey's president erdogan, the u.s. delegation is pressing for turkey to call a ceasefire with syria. i want to bring kristen welker back. i know i'm giving you zero time to report, but what do you know? >> reporter: well, i would stress the fact that that was...
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turkish president recep p tayyip erdogan says he will meet with u.s. vice president mike pence and u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo, but he will not and his anti-kurdish assault. also coming up tonight, how close to a deal are they? u.k. and european union negotiators appear to be on the brink of an 11th hour brexit agreement. and a major speech by hong kong leader carrie lam is cut short after she is shouted down by pro-democracy lawmakers. plus, they say a picture is worth 1000 words. so what is n north korean leader kim jong-un saying with these imageses o of his equestrian ecstasy? ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs and all around the world, welcome. tonight, u.s. president donald trump is warning that u.s. sanctions against turkey will be devastating if a meeting between vice president mike pence and turkish president recep tayyip erdogan is not successful. but successful for who? erdogan has rejected calls for a cease-fire in northern syria, where his incursion against the former u.s. allies, syrian kurds, has now drawn in troops
turkish president recep p tayyip erdogan says he will meet with u.s. vice president mike pence and u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo, but he will not and his anti-kurdish assault. also coming up tonight, how close to a deal are they? u.k. and european union negotiators appear to be on the brink of an 11th hour brexit agreement. and a major speech by hong kong leader carrie lam is cut short after she is shouted down by pro-democracy lawmakers. plus, they say a picture is worth 1000 words. so...
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president erdogan just sat back. picturethat was -- that of theery clear reminder transformation of turkey's priorities in syria. the final thing i want to syria, thethat conflict in syria played the most important role in the --ntry's domestic and policy and foreign policy the establishment of the republic. transformed the conflict in syria, but it was also transformed by the conflict in syria. you have to look at his domestic power struggle. vulnerable. most he will do anything, no matter how risky. we are reading the news that turkish troops are on the border , turkish officials are talking .bout a military incursion america's partners, allies, are warning about the risk. president might have given the green light, but still. you have a congress that is willing to punish erdogan for other reasons. president trump has been working very hard to prevent congressional leaders to hold sanctions, saying turkey is an important nato ally. it is going to be very difficult for president trump to continue to standby erdogan.
president erdogan just sat back. picturethat was -- that of theery clear reminder transformation of turkey's priorities in syria. the final thing i want to syria, thethat conflict in syria played the most important role in the --ntry's domestic and policy and foreign policy the establishment of the republic. transformed the conflict in syria, but it was also transformed by the conflict in syria. you have to look at his domestic power struggle. vulnerable. most he will do anything, no matter how...
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we made that clear up to president erdogan. ourey moved against admonitions, and that -- and there were costs imposed immediately on the turkish administration. it is a complex question particularly with the implementation of sanctions against a nato ally. secretary pompeo has made clear we will follow along as appropriate. i cannot give you a timeline, but that issue is under deliberative review. >> thank you both for your service. >> i now recognize the gentlelady from nevada for five minutes. >> mr. ambassador, your valiant attempt to describe what this administration has done through deliberative, diplomatic efforts is in total contradiction to what the president himself said after this occurred. he said even while pence was on his way to do something that there is just a lot of sand over there, that sometimes you have to let them fight like little kids before you separate them. the kurds were no angels, they did not help us in world war ii. isn't this contradictory to the image you are trying to present today? i think you
we made that clear up to president erdogan. ourey moved against admonitions, and that -- and there were costs imposed immediately on the turkish administration. it is a complex question particularly with the implementation of sanctions against a nato ally. secretary pompeo has made clear we will follow along as appropriate. i cannot give you a timeline, but that issue is under deliberative review. >> thank you both for your service. >> i now recognize the gentlelady from nevada for...
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and iran and erdogan. maybe there's no cleansing going on now, but there's a history in turkey of doing cleansing, especially with the armenians. so i am concerned that maybe not now because there were eyes all over him, but sooner or later he's going to start his cleansing and taking, taking more territory. what are we going to do about it? we have no real way of stopping him. you know what's more disgusting? i saw pictures yesterday in the news, people throwing potatoes at our armed forces. someone who relishes this country, i cannot -- it just turned my stomach yesterday that our armed forces who have defended this country forever, defended democracy, and we have people throwing potatoes. i don't know about this president, but i have to tell you the military cannot be happy with this guy. so i have a ton of questions to ask you about who's going to fill it, what are we going to do. you know what's wrong with you saying that we're going to sit down and figure out the policy from now on? doesn't make any
and iran and erdogan. maybe there's no cleansing going on now, but there's a history in turkey of doing cleansing, especially with the armenians. so i am concerned that maybe not now because there were eyes all over him, but sooner or later he's going to start his cleansing and taking, taking more territory. what are we going to do about it? we have no real way of stopping him. you know what's more disgusting? i saw pictures yesterday in the news, people throwing potatoes at our armed forces....
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on the phone call erdogan was pushing he knew it and the president knew it. and that's when it came across the line. because of the long-standing grievances to be per trade with the national security interest with their own american ideals the white house statement released called erdogan and was criticized for that planned turkish incursion after bipartisan and international outcry with any concern while at the same time and furthermore following to distance the united states when those evil consequences with the humanitarian challenges. within we have the impulsive president making these decisions to the national security experts. they both expressed disdain forr those present challenges relies on with national security policy we once again see the ramifications was on full display over the weekend with the separate kurdish groups who we partnered with syria and iraq. so the end state that was consulted by the president on this decision. he did not advise the national security experts and those who advocated for standing by while the turkey military goes ou
on the phone call erdogan was pushing he knew it and the president knew it. and that's when it came across the line. because of the long-standing grievances to be per trade with the national security interest with their own american ideals the white house statement released called erdogan and was criticized for that planned turkish incursion after bipartisan and international outcry with any concern while at the same time and furthermore following to distance the united states when those evil...
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president erdogan and putin, meeting in sochi. a lot of days and fighting and dying that could happen before that meeting, that may provide the only diplomatic off-ramp here. >> this remarkable letter from the president of the united states, where he, on october 9th, warns the turkish president, don't be a tough guy, don't be a fool. does the united states have any leverage at all to be making claims now? or a request to the turkish government? >> it's palpable that the answer is no. that letter was sent. it had no impact. president erdogan said he will not be looking at a cease-fire, which has been the american demand. bear in mind he may have said in that letter, president trump said that the pkk, the turkish branch of the kurds, that fought isis with american backing, he said that the pkk were worse than isis. that is a turkish talking point entirely. while donald trump is trying to criticize president trump erdogan, tell him not to be a tough guy. don't be a fool, language from a different era to some degree. he's saying the t
president erdogan and putin, meeting in sochi. a lot of days and fighting and dying that could happen before that meeting, that may provide the only diplomatic off-ramp here. >> this remarkable letter from the president of the united states, where he, on october 9th, warns the turkish president, don't be a tough guy, don't be a fool. does the united states have any leverage at all to be making claims now? or a request to the turkish government? >> it's palpable that the answer is...
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he sent to erdogan urging him not to invade syria. the president did not wake up one day and tell erdogan you can have syria, he went into syria against president trump's advice and counseling and now it's up to president trump and the rest of us to fix it but i blame erdogan, not trump. >> bret: isn't it implied that there was a green light if the forces left the kurdish forces on the ground and it opens the door? >> it was a mistake not to push back harder but the letter he sent to erdogan was a good letter that implored him not to create a problem. we were working with the legitimate concerns of turkey with the white pg element that they consider a terrorist group. if they have legitimate concerns but the solution was not turkey invading syria allowing isis to come back and iran being the biggest winner. what i hope will happen is the relationship with turkey is valuable and worth salvaging, if i were president erdogan, i would listen to vice president pence, have a cease-fire right now and tried to put this thing back together bef
he sent to erdogan urging him not to invade syria. the president did not wake up one day and tell erdogan you can have syria, he went into syria against president trump's advice and counseling and now it's up to president trump and the rest of us to fix it but i blame erdogan, not trump. >> bret: isn't it implied that there was a green light if the forces left the kurdish forces on the ground and it opens the door? >> it was a mistake not to push back harder but the letter he sent...
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president trump made that very clear to his friend president erdogan. the united states imposed sanctions earlier this week, and the president made it clear yesterday and we made it clear again today that there would be additional sanctions coming to bring an end to the violence, to the loss of innocent lives in this border conflict. that being said, let me say, i really believe today, today's cease-fire is a credit to president trump and to president erdogan. it's a credit to the strong relationship between the united states and turkey. it's also a credit to the strong relationship between our two leaders. where there are differences between friends, it's important that the friends let their feelings be known. president trump did that in this case. but it facilitated us being able to reach an agreement that is now resulted in a cease-fire, and we believe will set the stage for creating a peaceful and stable, a safe zone that the united states is committed to achieving that for all the people of this region. >> mr. vice president, mr. vice president can
president trump made that very clear to his friend president erdogan. the united states imposed sanctions earlier this week, and the president made it clear yesterday and we made it clear again today that there would be additional sanctions coming to bring an end to the violence, to the loss of innocent lives in this border conflict. that being said, let me say, i really believe today, today's cease-fire is a credit to president trump and to president erdogan. it's a credit to the strong...
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released a .etter to president erdogan the president took very tough language with president erdogan and advocated some kind of agreement or arrangement with the sdf leader. , and i think it is a very important point, the idea of the trail and giving a green light, it's as if our troops in northeast syria were like our troops along the korean dmz, to hold off a force. that is not what they were. they were two outposts of 12 people along that whole area of 140 kilometers and we told the turks, i was involved in telling them that, that is to observe whether the kurds are shooting across the order at you or you are shooting at them. that was not a security perimeter of any sort. the forces we eventually did move were way west of any of this fighting, and they were moved again, dod can explain why but looking at him the map, it was clear pretty soon they would've been cut off as the turks came down the main east-west highway. that is my understanding about why the decision was made. having followed up sensibly turkish, including intelligence i can't get into here, to -- turkish views on
released a .etter to president erdogan the president took very tough language with president erdogan and advocated some kind of agreement or arrangement with the sdf leader. , and i think it is a very important point, the idea of the trail and giving a green light, it's as if our troops in northeast syria were like our troops along the korean dmz, to hold off a force. that is not what they were. they were two outposts of 12 people along that whole area of 140 kilometers and we told the turks, i...
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and the president reiterated that in the call to erdogan today. we are where we are though in the ground in northeastern syria. >> and also on capitol hill. i think the president is in the broadest and deepest trouble he's been with republicans over foreign policy issue in his presidency and i think the tone you saw in this statement that he released today, talking about turkey being involved in serious human rights abuses, preventing displaced people from returning home, threatening the peace, security and stability. that was all a very, very different trump then we saw when he announced this. i think he is looking to try to figure a way out of this and the question is whether he can convince republicans that we are going to impose sanctions, that will do the trick. will really do the trick. >> bret: senator graham in that meeting, still going on from what i still understand, expecting a meaty statement from the senator's office. here is one of the senators speaking out for the president and his actions, senator rand paul and were presented of mi
and the president reiterated that in the call to erdogan today. we are where we are though in the ground in northeastern syria. >> and also on capitol hill. i think the president is in the broadest and deepest trouble he's been with republicans over foreign policy issue in his presidency and i think the tone you saw in this statement that he released today, talking about turkey being involved in serious human rights abuses, preventing displaced people from returning home, threatening the...
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that changed during the call between president erdogan where president erdogan announced he would begin an operation in the east. host: i want to show what the president just had to say about this yesterday. he brought up the issue of turkey. >> very strong talks with a lot of people. we want to bring our soldiers back home after so many years, and the greatest war in the world they are policing. they are not a police force. we want to bring our soldiers back home and we are being very tough on turkey and a lot of others. they have to maintain their own properties, maintain peace and safety, and we will see what happens, the delegation. we are asking for a cease-fire. sanctions strongest and we have a lot in store in case they do not work, including massive tariffs on steel, shipping steel to the united states. they make a lot of money. host: that was president trump talking about the situation in turkey. we will take your questions and comments on this. you were just talking about some of the major players. what about russia? guest: the russians are stepping in to broker a separate neg
that changed during the call between president erdogan where president erdogan announced he would begin an operation in the east. host: i want to show what the president just had to say about this yesterday. he brought up the issue of turkey. >> very strong talks with a lot of people. we want to bring our soldiers back home after so many years, and the greatest war in the world they are policing. they are not a police force. we want to bring our soldiers back home and we are being very...
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i think erdogan and his cadre, definitely view the u.s. arming and support and political recognition of ypg as the distinct threat to its national interest. >> why don't you both comment because i want to get to the present. >> you said, he made a nazi comparison saying anyone is fighting for the ypg is fighting for the pkk cause. i want to be clear, as a franchise of the pkk in syria, they do have different aims. someone fighting for the ypg in syria is fighting was initially to get isis out of the territory and now is trying to find some level of autonomy that was a mission after that. they're not exactly fighting the war in turkey although there's some cross polymerization. >> to respond to that, absolutely. and i think what ever mistakes was that we made no effort or none that was visible to get the ypg to denounce, to reject the marxist ideology, to become more palatable to the turkish government. like you said there are individuals -- they are not, all of its fighters are not rabid pkk followers of when their push and direction, , re
i think erdogan and his cadre, definitely view the u.s. arming and support and political recognition of ypg as the distinct threat to its national interest. >> why don't you both comment because i want to get to the present. >> you said, he made a nazi comparison saying anyone is fighting for the ypg is fighting for the pkk cause. i want to be clear, as a franchise of the pkk in syria, they do have different aims. someone fighting for the ypg in syria is fighting was initially to...
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whether it's 50% america and 50% erdogan% erdogan, or 80% erdogan and 20% america, i don't know, but we played a major role. let's move aside the mistake that we made. let's get past that and to try o do something productive. just a couple of sentenced about what that means. what is that productive? >> donald trump has been forced, doll trump has been forced into, by this bipartisan consensus in congress to put sanctions on turkey. let's use that for negotiation with erdogan, possibly get, maybe get forces to stop, cease-fire in place and then negotiation with the turks but -- about anrrangement and northeast syria that meets their security needs and allows us what we need in northern syria and protects civilian life. and one last sentence just about what blaise said. i agree with almost every word that blaisesaid. >> can i get that in writing? [laughing] >> you can get the full sentence -- >> about what we would like to see in northeast syria, is something on the model of the krg and iraq. but we never tried to build that. this is the key. we converted the relationship between ally
whether it's 50% america and 50% erdogan% erdogan, or 80% erdogan and 20% america, i don't know, but we played a major role. let's move aside the mistake that we made. let's get past that and to try o do something productive. just a couple of sentenced about what that means. what is that productive? >> donald trump has been forced, doll trump has been forced into, by this bipartisan consensus in congress to put sanctions on turkey. let's use that for negotiation with erdogan, possibly...
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that is when president erdogan switched to nationalism. he decided to ally with the turkish nationalists, and the cease-fire that was in place for years broke down and turkey decided to pursue a heavy-handed military approach to the country's kurdish problem. and that shift in the calculations had a direct impact on the way that erdogan saw the conflict in syria. so from then on, and i also must mention that starting from 2014, you will see the rise of the kurds in syria as well. the united states started working very closely with the syrian kurdish militia which is the ypg in the fight against the islamist states. the military aid provided by the americans to the syrian kurds boosted the kurds' image diplomatic and political image, and so that also peaked the turkey threat perceptions. so given that change in the domestic scene, and other calculations, erdogan's decisions started to change. so toppling the regime and kurdish nationalism became erdogan's national priority and toppling the regime came after that. so, starting from 2015, you
that is when president erdogan switched to nationalism. he decided to ally with the turkish nationalists, and the cease-fire that was in place for years broke down and turkey decided to pursue a heavy-handed military approach to the country's kurdish problem. and that shift in the calculations had a direct impact on the way that erdogan saw the conflict in syria. so from then on, and i also must mention that starting from 2014, you will see the rise of the kurds in syria as well. the united...
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a turkish man connected to erdogan. that guy is being prosecuted by the southern district of new york. and the president of turkey does not want that and wants him let go. so you've got your gold trader and then the leader of a relimgs s movement very popular in turkey, a very outspoken erdogan critic. and erdogan absolutely hates this guy because he's convinced he fomented a coup against him. new he happens to live in the united states in the poconos of all places in the mountains in pennsylvania, and he lives as a legal permanent resident which is random. erdogan wants him extradited back, okay? so those are the two things that erdogan wants from the u.s. government, the two things he arguably cares most about in terms of specific internal u.s. matters. those are also the two things that giuliani we now know was personally repeatedly lobbying the president about. giuliani was that gold trader's lawyer, okay? he represented him. and back in 2017 giuliani traveled to turkey and held a secret meeting with erdogan to basi
a turkish man connected to erdogan. that guy is being prosecuted by the southern district of new york. and the president of turkey does not want that and wants him let go. so you've got your gold trader and then the leader of a relimgs s movement very popular in turkey, a very outspoken erdogan critic. and erdogan absolutely hates this guy because he's convinced he fomented a coup against him. new he happens to live in the united states in the poconos of all places in the mountains in...
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david talked to the israelis about erdogan, talk to the saudis about erdogan, that would be a very, that like a real square peg round whole problem i just don't think that's realistic. i will leave it there. >> next question. >> i am with the center for security policy. we have all heard president erdogan talking, declining over the the last several years his -- declaring over the the last several years his intent to reconquer lands of the ottoman empire. where would you all expect to see them turn next? do you think, do it if you think that erdogan has his sights set in what else besides northeastern syria? >> i don't want to hog the stage, but look what is doing in the eastern mediterranean, look at the maps of syria that he showed in september, and those are the maps he has shown for some time. in the mosul battle, he insisted on being part of the mosul battle. that would've upended the entire battle. we have seen anything like it since the vietnam war or world war ii. we needed to put u.s. forces on the road to make sure turkey would not come in the battle. he is national security zo
david talked to the israelis about erdogan, talk to the saudis about erdogan, that would be a very, that like a real square peg round whole problem i just don't think that's realistic. i will leave it there. >> next question. >> i am with the center for security policy. we have all heard president erdogan talking, declining over the the last several years his -- declaring over the the last several years his intent to reconquer lands of the ottoman empire. where would you all expect...
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turkish president erdogan, said we will take over where we left off. >> erdogan and putin, supposed to meet at a lengthy meeting. president trump said the kurds were fighting for their own reasons. >> they were fighting isis. where is an agreement that says we need to stay in the middle east, for the rest of humanity, for the rest of civilization? the kurds never said that. i hope they will watch over isis. >> the president said, beyond a small force, quote, to secure the oil, he didn't think it was necessary to leave troops behind in syria. he said there were 28 troops on t the border anyway. but they're staying in the middle east. nick paton walsh will look at some of the things that the president said that weren't true. the u.s. never promised to ever protect the kurds. but many thought it would end in the more managed fashion. there were 28 troops pulled back. they were not about to be obliterated by advancing armyie. after the past 48 hours, we're seeing troops rallying and leaving a different syria behind them. certainly in the meeting at sochi, that we will see today, between ru
turkish president erdogan, said we will take over where we left off. >> erdogan and putin, supposed to meet at a lengthy meeting. president trump said the kurds were fighting for their own reasons. >> they were fighting isis. where is an agreement that says we need to stay in the middle east, for the rest of humanity, for the rest of civilization? the kurds never said that. i hope they will watch over isis. >> the president said, beyond a small force, quote, to secure the oil,...
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works is erdogan has a political man crush on trump and trump is in fatu ated by erdogan and his government style. >> reporter: chop tye is the director of research at the washington institute for middle east policy and just released a book. >> erdogan has build a base that endorsed him and in some ways trump wants to copy that model in u.s. politics but they are both strong men and want to make their nations strong. >> reporter: it is a relationship that dates back to at least 2012 when then prime minister erdogan attended the launch of trump towers istanbul and ivanka trump made sure to publicly thank him. since taking office, trump has hosted erdogan and met him in japan and they share son-in-laws who participate in governing decisions. in february trump sent his son-in-law jared kushner to turkey to discuss middle east strategy. in march erdogan admitted my son-in-law has a working bridge to kushner and dussed how his son-in-law and kushner text each other. last week the white house announced erdogan will visit the white house again next month. that was before the current backlash over
works is erdogan has a political man crush on trump and trump is in fatu ated by erdogan and his government style. >> reporter: chop tye is the director of research at the washington institute for middle east policy and just released a book. >> erdogan has build a base that endorsed him and in some ways trump wants to copy that model in u.s. politics but they are both strong men and want to make their nations strong. >> reporter: it is a relationship that dates back to at...
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meanwhile taking a page from erdogan. putin and erdogan got together in sochi to come one a similar cease fire in many regards for the rest of northeast syria accepts the turk got less the ability to are patrol with the russians 10 kilometers deepest and a particularly not believable russian commandment to get the ypg out of that area. turkish has not gained much from in but in the process has scrambled the entire northeast yunt undercut efforts against isis and brought in the syria and isis forces in a way that's tragic for everybody voefd. >> senator menendez. >> ambassador did you advise the administration to greenlight in essence the turkey intentions desires to invade in syria? >> i certainly did for the, senator. but nobody in the administration greenlighted the -- the trurkish invasion. >> in december when the president made the remarks that, well, you know, indicated he wanted to get out, which caused the senate to cast a vote to try to dissuade him as well as colleagues particularly on the republican side to spea
meanwhile taking a page from erdogan. putin and erdogan got together in sochi to come one a similar cease fire in many regards for the rest of northeast syria accepts the turk got less the ability to are patrol with the russians 10 kilometers deepest and a particularly not believable russian commandment to get the ypg out of that area. turkish has not gained much from in but in the process has scrambled the entire northeast yunt undercut efforts against isis and brought in the syria and isis...
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president erdogan's decision tonight to work alongside president trump i think will benefit turkey in a great deal. thanks, i know you want to ta ke deal. thanks, i know you want to take some questions. go right ahead. thank you very much. how do you overcome, how will you overcome , how do you overcome, how will you overcome, the damage that has been caused over the past week? there has beena caused over the past week? there has been a lot of animosity between us and turkey, lots of things have been said, lots of threats of economic sanctions have been made, how are you going to repair the going forward ? you going to repair the going forward? thank you. first, as you will see from the agreement, part of our understanding is that with the implementation of the ceasefire, the united states will not impose any further sanctions. on turkey. and once a permanent ceasefire is in effect, the president has agreed to withdraw the economic sanctions which were imposed this last monday. make no mistake about it, president trump was very clear with our ally, turkey, about american opposition to
president erdogan's decision tonight to work alongside president trump i think will benefit turkey in a great deal. thanks, i know you want to ta ke deal. thanks, i know you want to take some questions. go right ahead. thank you very much. how do you overcome, how will you overcome , how do you overcome, how will you overcome, the damage that has been caused over the past week? there has beena caused over the past week? there has been a lot of animosity between us and turkey, lots of things...
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it will be off-limits to kurdish forces and that is one of the things erdogan wanted. he also wanted a larger zone, a wider zone. he didn't get that. the current military presence in syria and an agreement, turkey is one step closer to recognizing the asad regime because there's a clause in the agreement between turkey and syria and the agreement says the beauty of the asad regime to address security concerns. if you have problems with syrian kurds let me deal with it. in the short term, the russians agreed to turkish military presence but that is going to be a short-term solution. in terms of american troops, it takes a tweet to change everything. the option is to send hundreds of troops back to syria. of that happens to sacred oilfields, and with kurdish hands with negotiations with the regime, there will be problems in syria. >> you have to take your hat off to vladimir putin, there are tensions -- that has always been -- you saw him doing that. the united states out of syria. what they don't realize is the next step takes the turks out of syria. completely, all of
it will be off-limits to kurdish forces and that is one of the things erdogan wanted. he also wanted a larger zone, a wider zone. he didn't get that. the current military presence in syria and an agreement, turkey is one step closer to recognizing the asad regime because there's a clause in the agreement between turkey and syria and the agreement says the beauty of the asad regime to address security concerns. if you have problems with syrian kurds let me deal with it. in the short term, the...
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erdogan, president erdogan decided to go forward. and i think there will be retaliation. there has already been some with sanctions. trish: talk to me about the power and might of sanctions. this is a president who has no problem using them whether it's tariffs with china or implementing sanctions on venezuela. what do he do to make life miserable for president erdogan. >> there are economic sanctions and psychological military-type sanctions with military cooperation with nato, with weapons. as peter navarro just said. tariffs work against nations such as turkey. i think there will be nato pressure put on turkey as well. they are going to do something against turkey. trish: congressman andy biggs, keep us posted on the vote. kennedy joins us with a sneak peek at what's coming up on her show. kennedy: hello, trish. i know you liked doctor derby. tonight it's ken dips court where -- it's kennedy's court. i will kick everyone out, the sanction people, and i accept bribes. trish: i will be watching. democrats turning on their own taking aim at far left frontrunner elizabeth
erdogan, president erdogan decided to go forward. and i think there will be retaliation. there has already been some with sanctions. trish: talk to me about the power and might of sanctions. this is a president who has no problem using them whether it's tariffs with china or implementing sanctions on venezuela. what do he do to make life miserable for president erdogan. >> there are economic sanctions and psychological military-type sanctions with military cooperation with nato, with...
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they gave erdogan the green light to go ahead. he would not have gone into turkey if we had not done that. what is happening now is the president said what does it have to do with the united states? it has to do with the united states because isis is not defeated. they've been removed from the physical caliphate but tens of thousands of fighters and hundreds of millions dollars of money and remain a dangerous threat. unless we want to send thousands of american troops to fight them we need proxies to do the fighting on the ground and that's what the kurds did. they lost 11,000 people in the fight against isis, we had six military casualties and two civilian casualties in the fight against the caliphate. we need them. we need them to keep america's boot on the necks of isis so they don't rise up like they did under obama in iraq. the kurds are not focused on isis but on defending themselves against turkey. you have turkey, which actually helped isis in the fight against the kurds, was aligned with isis and turkey just bombed a guar
they gave erdogan the green light to go ahead. he would not have gone into turkey if we had not done that. what is happening now is the president said what does it have to do with the united states? it has to do with the united states because isis is not defeated. they've been removed from the physical caliphate but tens of thousands of fighters and hundreds of millions dollars of money and remain a dangerous threat. unless we want to send thousands of american troops to fight them we need...
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it's a desire erdogan wanted and trader, erdogan wanted him as well. interests aligning on two major issues with what erdogan wants. >> josh, thank you very much. >>> now this -- the picture of the day. stop what you're doing and look at the tv or your phone, whatever it is. however you're watching. north korea's kim jong-un supporting a fur-lined coat riding 0en a decorated white horse on a snow-covered mountain considered sacred to many north koreans. north korea claims that kim personally rode this horse up this 9,000 foot tall mountain -- propaganda much? certainly staged. also evokes another strong man on horseback, of course who could forget this? russia's vladimir putin back in 2009? silly as it all looks it could mean kim is ready to make a big announcement amid souring diplomacy with the united states. gordon chang, author of "showdown" and columnist for the "daily beast." gordon chang, what's going on? >> i feel sorry for the horse. ah. we don't know exactly what's going on, but we do know that something big will occur because in the past not
it's a desire erdogan wanted and trader, erdogan wanted him as well. interests aligning on two major issues with what erdogan wants. >> josh, thank you very much. >>> now this -- the picture of the day. stop what you're doing and look at the tv or your phone, whatever it is. however you're watching. north korea's kim jong-un supporting a fur-lined coat riding 0en a decorated white horse on a snow-covered mountain considered sacred to many north koreans. north korea claims that...
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reporter: the kurds have tried to appease erdogan. a safe zone was established along the border spanning 100 kilometers. an agreement was reached between turkey, the usa, and the kurds in september, but the ypg withdrew. now turkish and u.s. troops are patrolling the safe zone. this town lies in the middle of it. mohammed muslim is assembling metal parts for his neighbors. the curr -- the kurd has seen jihadist fighters defeated. now he fears an invasion by turkish troops. >> a safe zones should be safe, but this one isn't. it is a recipe for chaos. reporter: also worrying residents are erdogan's plans to resettle one million syrian refugees from turkey to this town. there is talk of relocating kurds elsewhere to accommodate them. brent: the time for talking is over. it is time to disrupt. that is the message from the environmental activists extinction rebellion. the group kicked off worldwide protests warning of environmental apocalypse. the protests began in australia and new zealand with police making several arrests. in london, 27
reporter: the kurds have tried to appease erdogan. a safe zone was established along the border spanning 100 kilometers. an agreement was reached between turkey, the usa, and the kurds in september, but the ypg withdrew. now turkish and u.s. troops are patrolling the safe zone. this town lies in the middle of it. mohammed muslim is assembling metal parts for his neighbors. the curr -- the kurd has seen jihadist fighters defeated. now he fears an invasion by turkish troops. >> a safe zones...
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we would later learn at least one reason erdogan would want that to happen. the trader had politically damaging information about the turkish president. anyway, rudy giuliani was essentially pushing the president and others to help release this guy as part of a diplomatic agreement. prosecutors in new york were very suspicious about who exactly rudy giuliani was representing. was he representing the gold trader as he alleged in federal court, or was the fact he was pushing something to the top of erdogan's priority list really advocating for the leader of turkey? >> we should note that the reporting indicates there were possible multiple meetings where the president who was inviting rudy giuliani directly to argue for and lobby tillerson and others to intervene in the criminal case, right, and get it stopped? >> well, there is one bizarre scene, chris, which i have to give credit to the great reporters i work with "the washington post" for figuring this piece out. there was an amazing scene where basically rudy giuliani was in the oval office and the presiden
we would later learn at least one reason erdogan would want that to happen. the trader had politically damaging information about the turkish president. anyway, rudy giuliani was essentially pushing the president and others to help release this guy as part of a diplomatic agreement. prosecutors in new york were very suspicious about who exactly rudy giuliani was representing. was he representing the gold trader as he alleged in federal court, or was the fact he was pushing something to the top...