Economics
Trump Warns Turkey of Economic Devastation If It Attacks Kurds
- Failure to comply ‘will devastate Turkey economically’: Trump
- Tensions have risen after early decision for fast withdrawal
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In a highly unusual public threat to an allied nation, President Donald Trump warned Turkey that it faces economic devastation if it attacks Kurdish forces in Syria after a planned U.S. pullout. The Turkish lira dropped.
In a Sunday night tweet, Trump said his government was starting the “long overdue pullout” from Syria while “hitting the little remaining ISIS territorial caliphate hard,” and would attack it again from a nearby existing base if the jihadists regroup.