civilization is very happy. it s a great thing for civilization. thank you, everybody. can you talk president erdogan about and all right. okay. where to begin? first, starting with the kurds. the president saying that the kurds are very happy that civilization is very happy. he just said, what, 24 hours ago they re no angels. by our latest reporting 150,000, 160,000 displaced because of this conversation he made after this conversation with president erdogan of turkey. one. number two, for him to say, this is an amazing outcome, an amazing outcome? this is total spin. this is not a victory. we ve got to talk all through this. jamie gangel is with me and nick paton walsh there on the ground. nick, first to you. i know you ve listened to the president. i want your reaction to the language he just used and also to the news that we are now hearing that since we have heard from the vice president and the
italian yeah, and i also read the letter. and it s oh, we re going to get to the letter. it s the most foolish letter. i don t think can you stand by? i want to play this. we re going to talk about the letter, okay? the president tried to justify his decision, tim, to pull out american forces by accusing the kurds with no evidence of wrongdoing. watch this. the kurds know how to fight and as i said, they re not angels. they re not angels. syria also has a relationship with the kurds, who by the way, are no angels, okay. who is an angel. there aren t too many around. is there any historical precedent for an about face like this and for what he said? there have been about faces but we usually associate them with the foreign policy of great britain and the foreign policy. there was a fastness about her
assad regime. is it clear what the strategy is here from the white house or even if there is a strategy? because the vice president and secretary of state are making this trip over to turkey supposedly to meet with erdogan and push for some sort of cease-fire. the president is riffing during a photo op saying he doesn t really care about turkey s invasion. well, it s very clear there s no strategy involved whatsoever and the president just did this on his own. now he s sending mr. pompeo, who s our secretary of state, but a guy with no actual success rate in international negotiations. vice president pence, a man with no foreign policy experience, to go meet with erdogan, a man who actually rolled our president over a phone call? there s no strategy here, anderson. also the president seems to painting the kurds with a pretty broad brush. there are terrorist threats that legitimate terrorist threats that turkey has and concerns they have about the pkk. but the president is saying
everyone sees this except for the president himself who can t get out of his own way. i mean, did you see that press conference today with the italian yeah, and i also read the letter. and it s oh, we re going to get to the letter. it s the most foolish letter. i don t think can you stand by? i want to play this. we re going to talk about the letter, okay? the president tried to justify his decision, tim, to pull out american forces by accusing the kurds with no evidence of wrongdoing. watch this. the kurds know how to fight and as i said, they re not angels. they re not angels. syria also has a relationship with the kurds, who by the way, are no angels, okay. who is an angel. there aren t too many around. is there any historical precedent for an about face like this and for what he said? there have been about faces
worst storm coming so far this season. david? a rough night ahead. rob marciano, our thanks to you, as well. we turn next tonight to the explosive meeting late today at the white house. democratic leaders suddenly walking out after what they say was president trump s meltdown. the president doubling down all day on his decision to suddenly pull u.s. troops out of a key part of syria a week and a half ago. standing by that decision despite what s happened since to u.s. allies, the kurds, who helped the u.s. fight and secure those isis prisoners. the president saying today the kurds are, quote, no angels, saying their fight has nothing to do with us. and now we see the letter president trump wrote to the president of turkey, saying history will look upon you as the devil if good things don t happen. here s abc s chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. reporter: today at the white house, president trump defended his decision to abandon the kurds, further distancing himself fr