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Trump Has A Smorgasbord Of Reasons To Side With Turkey Over The Kurds—None Of Them Good …

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Trump Has A Smorgasbord Of Reasons To Side With Turkey Over The Kurds—None Of Them Good

https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1181173686239465474 https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/1181219332740861954

David Frum on Twitter
David Frum on Twitter

“Possible Trump motives 1) Protecting income flow from Trump Towers Istanbul 2) Payoff to Turkey to cover up recording of Khashoggi murder by Trump allies 3) Obeisance to Putin 4) Warning to House: if you impeach me, Ill burn every American alliance and interest before I go”

Kurt Eichenwald on Twitter
Kurt Eichenwald on Twitter

“@davidfrum You left out 3: 1. Ego, because he falsely proclaims himself as having wiped out ISIS. 2. Stupidity, because he does not understand what is going on and why this matters. 3. Narcissism: Because when everyone tells him he is wrong, he triples down because he cant admit error.”

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