A point by point 1st the president s point about getting tough on turkey in the matter of the u. S. Minister Andrew Bronson who had been detained for illegally proselytizing inside turkey in 2018 well yes the u. S. Government did put on a new travel list the ministers of justice and interior departments in korea and so they and their families werent allowed to come to the United States but after Andrew Bronson was released by turkish authorities later and 2018 about 3 months after these sanctions were imposed these 2 men were removed so theyre now free to come to the United States i think it would be a bit of a stretch to argue that putting sanctions on 2 government officials and their families in essence crippled the turkish economy you might want to look at the earth along governments policies on why the economy is failing as some economists would argue then when it comes to this idea of how to actually deal with turkey both u. S. The u. S. And turkey are members of nato theyre alrea