so to that extent he deserves credit for that trade deal about in the same way that, say, bill clinton deserved credit for welfare reform a lot of which was done by newt gingrich and the republican congress and that was a joint project and selling out the kurds, we don t know how that will end but that could be a very big story and in answer to the basic question of whether this economy empowers trump s re-election, it is much too early to know and as somebody i think the 11th presidential campaign i ve covered, i get a little bit i guess impatient might be the right word with people who think they know what s going to happen and every day i hear people say, trump s going to get re-elected or lose. they should not be so certain because the truth is there s such a long time between now and the election. i m going to remind you of
you have to say it, nobody wants to say it, we re making the kurds look like they re angels. we paid a lot of money to the kurds. tremendous amounts of money. we ve given them massive fortunes and you know what, it s wonderful. they fought with us, but we paid a lot for them to fight with us. the blow-back from capitol hill for president trump s decision to withdraw forces has been strong and nonstop, especially from republicans. trump s ally, senator lindsey graham, called it a disaster saying the president will have blood on his hands. the commander of the kurdish-led syrian democratic forces accused the president of selling out the kurds and leaving them to be slaughtered. so trump sends vice president mike pence to turkey to work out a deal but it s a deal that appears to give turkey everything they wanted. no matter, the president s portraying himself as a white knight, the savior. this was something that they ve been trying to get for ten years.
the blow-back from capitol hill for president trump s decision to withdraw forces has been strong and nonstop, especially from republicans. trump s ally, senator lindsey graham, called it a disaster saying the president will have blood on his hands. the commander of the kurdish-led syrian democratic forces accused the president of selling out the kurds and leaving them to be slaughtered. so trump sends vice president mike pence to turkey do woto wot a deal but it s a deal that appears to give turkey everything they wanted. no matter, the president s portraying himself as a white knight, the savior. this was something that they ve been trying to get for ten years. you would have lost millions and millions of lives. they couldn t get it without a little rough love, as i called it. this is an incredible outcome.
anyone can see it any other way. and president tweeted it was in his great and unmatched wisdom, right? is this the declaration of a president who has a network praising his every move? i can t figure out anybody in washington who things this is a good idea. he s betraying our allies, the kurds who have bled and died fighting isis. he s handing this to erdogan who s antiamerican, playing footsies with iran and it s hard to figure out a legitimate reason why he s doing this and i see a lot of republicans attacking trump for doing this and selling out the kurds. that s good they re attacking him and what i don t understand is why are they attacking trump for selling out the kurds and not attacking him for selling out the u.s. constitution? i don t get that.
up on him, but i don t see how anybody could see it any other way. the president is defending his decision to pull troops from syria. he tweeted that it was in his great and unmatched wisdom that he had, right? is this a declaration of someone that has a tv network praising his every move, you think? i mean this is just crazy. i can t figure out anybody in washington who thinks this is a good idea. trump is betraying our allies, the kurds, who have bled and died to defeat isis. he is handing a gift to this dictator, erdogan, who is not pro-american. he s anti-american. he s playing footsie with iran and russia, and yet trump is eager to do him a favor. it s hard to figure out any legitimate reason why he is doing this. what s striking to me, don, is i see a lot of republicans actually attacking trump for doing this and selling out the kurds. and that s appropriate. i think that s good that they re attacking it. what i don t understand is why are they attacking trump for selling out t