Trump’s Syria Plans Hit Another Wall After Erdogan Snubs Bolton
- Turkish leader refused to meet Trump’s national security envoy
- U.S. withdrawal seen as poorly planned, confusing to allies
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Donald Trump’s national security adviser miscalculated if he thought he was going to dissuade Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from his planned offensive against U.S. allies in Syria.
Erdogan rebuffed a meeting in Ankara on Tuesday with National Security Adviser John Bolton, then took to live television instead to insult him for a lack of perspective. The lira sank as investors recalibrated their views on a rapprochement between the two nations, which run the largest armies in NATO and have long been at odds on how to handle Syria.