Recently, Donald Trump had found words of praise for the Kurds. They are "special people and wonderful fighters," Trump tweeted. Now the US President found much cooler words for his country's erstwhile allies. In any case, the Kurds had fought against ISIS out of self-interest and wanted their own territory for themselves.
"They did not help us in World War II, they did not help us with Normandy," Trump said. The Republican justifies the withdrawal of the US troops again: he has always made it clear "that I do not want to fight these endless, pointless wars - especially those that do not benefit the United States."
Trump had paved the way for Turkish invasion with the withdrawal of US troops from the Syrian border area to Turkey. Critics accuse him of abandoning Kurdish militias in northern Syria. They were the closest allies of the US armed forces in the fight against the terrorist militia "Islamic State" (IS). (Read more about this here.)
Trump threatens Erdogan with economic consequences
In several German cities - such as in Hamburg, Frankfurt and Duisburg - there were indignant protests by Kurdish demonstrators, who accused Turkey of an "anti-international war of aggression" and demanded the immediate end of all arms deliveries to Ankara.
The US president threatened Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan with economic consequences if he did not act in Syria "as humanly as possible". Asked by a reporter if he was worried that Erdogan might "wipe out" the Kurds, Trump said, "If that happens, I'll wipe out his economy."
Because of the offensive, US Senators Erdogan want to personally sanction. This emerges from the draft for a bipartisan resolution by Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Chris Van Hollen, which the two published on Twitter. The draft stipulates that any possessions of Erdogan, the Turkish vice-president and five ministers in the US would be frozen. In addition, visa requirements for the political leadership of the country would be tightened.