EXCLUSIVE: OFFICIAL WHO HEARD CALL SAYS TRUMP GOT 'ROLLED' BY TURKEY AND 'HAS NO SPINE'

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Source: Newsweek

BY JAMES LAPORTA ON 10/7/19 AT 2:16 PM EDT

Donald Trump got "rolled" by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a National Security Council source with direct knowledge of the discussions told Newsweek.

In a scheduled phone call on Sunday afternoon between President Trump and President Erdogan, Trump said he would withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria. The phone call was scheduled after Turkey announced it was planning to invade Syria, and hours after Erdogan reinforced his army units at the Syrian-Turkish border and issued his strongest threat to launch a military incursion, according to the National Security Council official to whom Newsweek spoke on condition of anonymity.

The U.S. withdrawal plays into the hands of the Islamic State group, Damascus and Moscow, and the announcement left Trump's own Defense Department "completely stunned," said Pentagon officials. Turkey, like the United States, wants regime change in Syria. Russia and Iran support the Assad regime.

"President Trump was definitely out-negotiated and only endorsed the troop withdraw to make it look like we are getting something—but we are not getting something," the National Security Council source told Newsweek. "The U.S. national security has entered a state of increased danger for decades to come because the president has no spine and that's the bottom line."

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-official-who-heard-call-says-trump-got-rolled-turkey-has-no-spine-1463623

[WheelWalker]

1. Swine with no spine.

[olddad65]

18. It is all about obeying Putin.

[olegramps]

22. The fithy swine bastard stabbed the Kurds in the back and gleefully signed their death warrent.

[Grins]

24. Thousands may be killed, and NO COUNTRY

...will ever trust the United States ever again.

[bronxiteforever]

2. MF45 swoons for autocrats.

[brooklynite]

3. Did the call involve "however, we'd like you do to us a favor"?

[slumcamper]

19. ..."though."

[IndyOp]

4. I keep flashing on...

piles of bodies, all ages. Horror.

[Newest Reality]

5. I still...

I still strongly expect this to be about more than being spineless or weak.

They are not as compelling as Russia's interests and Trump's business interests, which I think are the real priorities from here on in.

[subana]

32. I have always believed

that he ran for president to make himself more money! If he hadn't won, it would have elevated his stature which would have increased the value of his properties & if he won, I'm sure he thought he could change the laws which would have benefited him also. The republican's tax plan did mostly benefit people of his financial status.

[poli-junkie]

6. Trump was doing a favor for Erdogan

in exchange for Erdogan keeping quiet about journalist Khashoggi's murder inside Turkey.

[NewJeffCT]

11. It was for building Trump properties in Turkey

if I'm not mistaken

[calimary]

38. I believe it was an Ivanka tweet gushing about "Trump Istanbul".

How wonderful this deal for the new hotel complex was going to be. Kiss kiss!

[ritapria]

14. I believe you are right

[AJT]

7. The endless "speaking anonymously" isn't exactly brave.

[orangecrush]

21. They fear for their safety

Putin is no joke.

[volstork]

8. Well,

who's surprised? I'm certainly not. "Art of the Deal" my ass.

[zwyziec]

9. Trump Tower Istanbul

He's merely protecting his investment.

[William Seger]

13. ... or made some other secret "deal"

This is why the integrity of the President is so important, and why Trump needs to go.

[Bromwell]

10. An unsure coward who couldn't find Turkey on the map

Got rolled.... Shocking. He equates action of any kind with "look I'm getting things done". Meanwhile real leaders see a mark...a stone cold sucker ripe for the picking. What a clown. He has no clue what he just did.

[subana]

34. you're right! he has no clue!

yesterday on The View, Meghan McCain was really mad about this, as she should be! She said any republican who criticized Obama's decisions in the middle east have no right to say anything else if they don't fight against this!!

it's not too surprising that he has no clue about this. International issues can be complicated & he seems to have difficulty understanding simple things! The only things he seems to believe are conspiracy theories!

[Scarsdale]

12. Every single gop member

deserves to lose their position over this disaster in the WH. He is all their doing. Too afraid to speak up, too afraid of losing the power of the WH even when everything he does is a total disaster. How compromised are they? Time to get rid of the entire gop, and clean house. They are USELESS. Backing a mentally unbalanced moron is not a winning strategy.

[FakeNoose]

15. When you elect a clown ...

[EveHammond13]

16. SURPRISE SURPRISE SURPRISE

[H2O Man]

17. Recommended.

Thank you for this!

[First Speaker]

20. Forrest Gump could outnegotiate Dolt 45...

[usaf-vet]

23. Why should that be a surprise to anyone who pays attention HE IS A COWARD!

He won't fire anyone face to face. He tweets You're fired or sends someone else to do it. He only dares to do it on a TV (Un)reality show that is scripted ahead of time. The make-believe bully has no cojones.

If he didn't have secret service protection or private bodyguards he would have been a whimpering coward and would have long ago gotten an attitude adjustment starting on the schoolyard playground.

[pertello]

25. Putin says jump

Trump asks “how high?” Dotard is THE Manchurian Candidate! I’d love to see the transcripts of all the conversations between Svengali Putin and his little wooden puppet!

[Gothmog]

26. Who is surprised by this?

trump is a very weak person with no backbone

[ffr]

27. This is what a tyrant does to get his impeachment off the headlines.

LOCK HIM UP ALREADY!

[TheRealNorth]

28. Trump is getting Cucked by Erdogan and Putin

And the world is paying the price.

[riversedge]

29. the announcement left Trump's own Defense Department "completely stunned," said Pentagon officials..

But I heard earlier that Trump was asked by a reported if he consulted the Joint Chief of staff and T. said he consulted everyone!!

[Beartracks]

30. How is "increased danger for decades to come" part of "America being great again"?

Hey, Republicans, it's time to DO something about this Trump problem! The man isn't fit to be President, because at the end of the day he doesn't give a shit about anyone except himself.

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[subana]

31. even for a moron like fat Donnie, this is stupid!!

The U.S. withdrawal plays into the hands of the Islamic State group, Damascus and Moscow,

Moscow! why am I not surprised?

[subana]

33. out-negotiated

"President Trump was definitely out-negotiated and only endorsed the troop withdraw to make it look like we are getting something—but we are not getting something,"

he seems to do that a lot. This isn't the first time he has 'negotiated' a great deal where we got nothing in return!! But we are supposed to believe he's this great negotiator where he could make deals that no one else could have done!

[Beartracks]

35. Trump's "great and unmatched wisdom"?

Whizz dumb.

He's still just a selfish moron and egotistical buffoon -- AND a national security risk.

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[aggiesal]

36. Is Dolt45 trying to build a hotel in Istanbul? ...

That should answer a ton of questions.

[mopinko]

37. he already has one. 2 towers.

[aggiesal]

39. Follow the money ...

"All The President's Men"

[flamingdem]

40. Erdogan wants regime change and Putin wants Assad

Whose the daddy for tRump on this if Turkey and Moscow are in conflict over Syria's future?