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The Kurds don't have a Trump hotel.  Turkey has one in Istanbul.  It's not complicated. 

@Soxcat   This might sway you, your cup of tea!    

Just come out of the closet already, don't let them do this to you!

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1 hour ago, rns90 said:

The rumor is that Trump has "something" on Graham and that's why you see Graham continually defending him.


I think the only thing Trump has on Graham is that Trump is popular with Republicans in SC and Graham knows that if he crosses Trump then he will lose to a primary challenger.

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1 hour ago, Starkiller said:


I think the only thing Trump has on Graham is that Trump is popular with Republicans in SC and Graham knows that if he crosses Trump then he will lose to a primary challenger.

It would be nice to see at least one of them challenge this theory. 

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Turkey has launched a military operation in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, days after the Trump administration announced it would pull U.S. troops away from the area.

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/09/turkish-president-erdogan-confirms-military-operation-in-northern-syria-has-begun.html

 

 

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s sudden decision to pull U.S. troops out of Northern Syria late Sunday night has drawn harsh rebukes from both Republicans and Democrats in Congress, raised alarm bells among America’s allies across the globe and sent the Pentagon and the State Department scrambling to contain the fallout.

 

Trump and his family have long had business ties in and with Turkey, the most visible example being the Trump Towers Istanbul, which licenses the Trump name. The Trump Organization describes the buildings on its website as “a landmark in the historic city of Istanbul” and it is the organization’s first and only office and residential tower in Europe, with offices, apartments and upscale shops. The Washington Post has reported that the organization was paid up to $10 million to put the Trump name on the two buildings.

 

A lawsuit filed by 29 senators and 186 House Democrats — one of three lawsuits that have alleged that Trump is in violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clauses, which bar the president from receiving monetary or other benefits of value from foreign or U.S. state entities while in office — claims that Turkey has among the highest number of foreign business ventures in which Trump is at least a partial owner, with 119 listed. Others include China, with 115, and the Philippines, with 121.

 

Businesses linked to the Turkish government are also major patrons of the Trump Organization. Turkish officials have made 14 visits to Trump properties, more than any other country, according to an analysis performed for NBC News by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/donald-trump-s-longtime-business-connections-turkey-back-spotlight-n1064011

 

 

 

 

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4 hours ago, reo said:

I'd say it's not as much about the businesses as its giving up ground to Turkey and Russia while dismantling US allies in the region.

 

Multiple motivations.

 

Bottom line....Trump enabled a war in the Middle East without even talking to the defense department or our national security experts.  In addition he undercut the value of America's word around the world.  Who can trust what we say?  Who will want to partner with the US the next time we need allies?

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