Timeline for What is President Trump's first public reaction to Turkey's invasion into Northern Syria against his stark warning?
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| Oct 19, 2019 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPolitics/status/1185390153323429891 | ||
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| Oct 15, 2019 at 2:01 | comment | added | phoog | Sure. There's nothing that says a military alliance precludes the imposition of tariffs. Free trade agreements are a very new development in international relations. Military alliances are very old. The idea that as tariff is necessarily punitive is somewhat bizarre. | |
| Oct 14, 2019 at 22:04 | comment | added | JJJ♦ | @phoog that hasn't stopped the US from (threatening to) impose tariffs in the past and it doesn't seem to now. | |
| Oct 12, 2019 at 11:58 | comment | added | phoog | @JJJ Turkey is also a US ally. Awkward! | |
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| Oct 10, 2019 at 3:30 | comment | added | JJJ♦ | @Sjoerd it is not a news site, but as Fizz's answer demonstrates the US (and even the White House's) position seems contradictory. On the one hand the SoS talks about a terrorist attack to Turkey's south, on the other hand Trump claims IS is defeated while also supporting the Kurds financially and with weapons. The discrepancy between Trump's statements and his officials combined with the geopolitical gravity make this a question on politics. It's a good-faith effort to learn about the complex US position in this conflict. | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 3:00 | answer | added | 264 champagne bottles on ice | timeline score: 3 | |
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| Oct 9, 2019 at 23:02 | comment | added | Sjoerd | This is not a news site. If you want the latest news, go to a news site of your choice. | |
| Oct 9, 2019 at 17:57 | comment | added | PoloHoleSet | If he was really being strategic, he would have Tweeted that his wisdom was "unimpeachable." | |
| Oct 9, 2019 at 17:40 | comment | added | divibisan | @JJJ Ok, fair point. If we haven't abandoned the Kurds and the Kurds are attacked by Turkey, then it should merit some response. Makes sense. | |
| Oct 9, 2019 at 17:19 | comment | added | jamesqf | @PoloHoleSet: When has Trump destroyed any economy? Except those of some of his companies, of course. | |
| Oct 9, 2019 at 17:04 | comment | added | JJJ♦ | @divibisan I've added a more recent tweet. By stating they have 'in no way have we Abandoned the Kurds', calling them 'special people' and 'wonderful fighters' and saying they're helping them financially and with weapons, it's implied (in my view) that they're not supposed to be bombed by Turkey. I'd say that's waging war against an ally of the United States. But indeed, I don't have unmatched wisdom, only one person can have that or it wouldn't be unmatched, right? | |
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| Oct 9, 2019 at 16:57 | comment | added | divibisan | But did Trump really ever warn Turkey not to invade Syria or attack the SDF? I don't see any specifics in that tweet, except for a request not to release ISIS prisoners. Maybe I can't properly interpret his "great and unmatched wisdom"? | |
| Oct 9, 2019 at 16:53 | comment | added | JJJ♦ | @PoloHoleSet I don't question the ability of an American president to rally the US Congress and its allies to damage an economy the size of and as interconnected with the West as Turkey. The question is to what extent, in what way and on what timeframe he will do so. Dutch MPs have been quick to call for sanctions but they lack the power to get them on their own. | |
| Oct 9, 2019 at 16:47 | comment | added | PoloHoleSet | His butt-covering "warning" was kind of incoherent (when has he previously destroyed Turkey's economy?), so finding something that aligns with or contradicts it will be a bit of a Rorschach test, I think. | |
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| Oct 9, 2019 at 16:14 | history | asked | JJJ♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |