this was his letter to president erdogan of turkey. and he released it. the language is just striking to attempt to parse. here s just the last paragraph. i ll read you the last couple of sentences. he s trying to say that erdogan doesn t want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people. then he says it will look history will look upon you favorably if you get this done the right and humane way. it will look upon you forever as the devil if good things don t happen. don t be a tough guy. don t be a fool! i will call you letter, sincerely donald trump. you are steeped in global affairs. what is your take on this letter? well, consider the reaction that we received this morning when we woke up here in washington from turkey and its leader president erdogan. he said he threw it in the garbage. whether he metaphorically or actually did so, the letter was
military as turkey continues their invasion into northern syria. these developments do come just hours after fox news obtained a letter written by president trump to turkish president erdogan on the day the offensive began. in the letter trump writes that erdogan doesn t want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people. today erdogan said he threw that letter in the trash. and already dozens of civilians have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. in washington yesterday, president trump made a number of statements about the unfolding violence that started after he made a decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria. we have a situation where turkey is taking land from syria. syria is not happy about it. let them work it out. we shouldn t be over there. it doesn t appear the president is letting them work it out alone as his delegation did just arrive in ankara. overnight president trump tweeted he was the only person who could bring u.s. troops home from the midd
to last around 15 minutes. it ended up lasting more than 80 minutes. the press was allowed to come in following that one-on-one meeting. neither the turks or the americans said anything once the press came in. there were no remarks made. no questions answered. that could give you some indication how that meeting went. all of this happening as turkey does continue their military offensive into northern syria as the u.s. delegation was looking to broker a cease-fire agreement between the kurds and turks. images and video show erdogan and pence talking and exchanging words. pence and erdogan don t look happy to be there. the gathering comes hours after fox news obtained a letter to erdogan by president trump. he writes that erdogan doesn t want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people. today erdogan said he threw that letter in the trash. already dozens of civilians have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. in washington yesterday
turkey s president will reveal more on tuesday, but why has turkey been reluctant so far to reveal all it knows about the death of khashoggi? what is it hoping to achieve by doing that? is it getting some sort of leverage at this point? i think it is. i think turkey is playing a careful game. number one, it is quite remarkable that the turkish government has been leaking these details. had it not, we wouldn t really know anything. number two, president erdogan i think is still angry at the crown prince for saying a few months ago that turkey is part of a triangle of evil. that s iran, qatar and turkey. but that said, president erdogan doesn t want to rupture relations with saudi arabia. saudi arabia is a huge player, a sunni muslim majority population, the keeper of the holy sites, an economic power house, and so i think that maybe president erdogan is dripping out this information step-by-step, precisely for what you said, to have some semblance, some sort of leverage
make sure those responsible will be held to account. matthew briser, how likely is it that the body of ka shoug ee will ever be found? and how committed do you think the saudi government is to getting to the truth of the matter when it comes to the murder of khashoggi? i think it is unlikely they ll find the body, though we don t know what details president erdogan and the turkish government are going to divulge. president erdogan says tuesday, tomorrow, he says no facts will be hidden. but that doesn t mean you can find the body. to me, foreign minister al-juber are dodging questions. there are alleged facts turkey has provided. he s addressed none of those issues. he desperately tried to get out of the question and said, well, we ll see what the independent investigation determines. again, those facts have been leaking out a week-and-a-half now. he also on saturday or sunday yesterday, the crown