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Trump prepares to drop sanctions hammer on Turkey
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] President Donald Trump...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... ’s administration is set to impose economic sanctions on Ankara, potentially as early as this week, for its incursion into northern Syria, one of the few levers the United States still has over NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... -ally ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... Using the US military to stop the After Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday that Trump had authorized "very powerful" new sanctions targeting Turkey, the administration appeared ready to start making good on Trump’s threat to obliterate Turkey’s economy. On Sunday, Trump said he was listening to Congress, where Republicans and Democrats are pushing aggressively for sanctions action. "Dealing with @LindseyGrahamSC and many members of Congress, including Democrats, about imposing powerful Sanctions on Turkey," Trump said on Twitter, referring to the loyal Trump ally and US senator who lambasted the president last week. "Treasury is ready to go, additional legislation may be sought. There is great consensus on this. Turkey has asked that it not be done. Stay tuned!" he added. A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... , told Rooters that sanctions were "being worked out at all levels of the government for rollout." Trump is struggling to quell harsh criticism, including from some of his staunchest Republican backers, that he gave Turkey’s offensive aims to neutralize the Kurdish YPG militia, the main component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and seen by Ankara as a terrorist group aligned with Kurdish turbans in Turkey. But the SDF has also been Washington’s key ally in fighting that has dismantled ISIS  ...embracing their inner Islamic Brute...’s "caliphate" in Syria. Trump’s decision, rooted in his long-stated aim to get the United States out of "endless wars," has prompted bipartisan concerns that it opens the door to the revival of ISIS. Related: Steven Mnuchin: 2019-10-12 Turkey to respond tit-for-tat to possible US sanctions Steven Mnuchin: 2019-09-21 Trump announces toughest sanctions ‘ever’ on Iran Steven Mnuchin: 2019-09-05 China, US agree to meet in October for trade talks Posted by: Fred 2019-10-14 |
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