adviser, to turkish president erdogan. >> president trump and president erdogan have reached an understanding over precisely what this operation is. >> and here is how president trump defended his decision to abandon the kurds. >> the kurds are fighting for their land. just so you understand. they're fighting for their land. and as somebody wrote in a very, very powerful article today, they didn't help us in the second world war, they didn't help us with normandy, as an example. and in addition to that, we have spent tremendous amounts of money, on helping the kurds, in terms of ammunition, in terms of weapons, in terms of money, in terms of pay, with all of that being said, we like the kurds. >> speaking to reporters the white house yesterday, president trump continued to attack the whistle-blower whose complaint about a phone call with the president of ukraine kicked off the impeachment inquiry. the president once again called for the whistle-blower's