president donald trump describes the truce as a major breakthrough made possible by his policy in syria what's the reaction been to that. well the reaction within the republican party hasn't been great we did hear from mitt romney now he's been a vocal critic of president trump he's a republican senator from utah he criticized the announcement that democrats have been more vocal senate minority leader chuck schumer said it was a nonsensical foreign policy decision that was echoed by many democrats now what is notable is what we heard from republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell on choose day he told reporters that the u.s. should stop using sanctions for foreign policy so perhaps that's an indication of what kind of. foreign policy the view united states will look like in the coming at months now while trump was hailing the deal as a success jim jeffrey now he's the u.s. envoy for syria and the coalition against isis said that the united states believes to turkish supported opposition forces in syria have committed war crimes now jeffrey also confirmed the secretary of defense

dividing up control of the turkey-syria border. donald trump is taking credit for the piece. >> this was an oututcome created by us. no other nation, turkey, syria and all worms of the kurds have been fighting for centuries. we have done them a great service and we have done a great job for all of them. now we are getting out. >> the reference to u.s. troops being called out of northern syria. the reality now iss the russian forces are moving into the same kurdish territory the u.s. has abandoned. meanwhile, there has been a cessation of fighting. >> what we have seen is encouraging. it shows it is possible to move toward a political solution. what you are seeing is there is some reduction in violence. >> erdogan and present want to establish a safe zone of 30 kilometers along the was on. turkey wants to resettle 30 million refugees living in there. they avoid likely annihilation at the hands of -- the kurds avoid like annihilation at the hands of the turkish. the middle east. >> dorian jones is istanbul and oliver sallet is on the story for us

syria? president trump: excuse me? reporter: will you maintain a limited number of troops in syria? president trump: we don't think it will be necessary. we don't want to leave troops there. it's very dangerous there. we had 28 troops, it turns out. people said 50. it was 28. you had an army on both sides of those troops.

syria. you just mentioned trump did announce that we drove u.s. forces from syria but now he says actually remain in the region it seems like he's backtracking what are you hearing about these. right yeah it seems like he's walking or trying to walk back parts of his announcement of his decision withdrawing american troops for from syria so he today he said 1000 u.s. troops would remain in the region but that region of course does not include syria so it's not a big help for the kurdish troops they are who are currently being attacked by the turkish forces and also the latest news president trump is getting are not really great and that is that russian backed troops of dictator bashar al assad have now arrived in north and in the north part of syria so what that means is that the influence of russia and the syrian dictator bashar al assad is being increased that is certainly news that nobody here in the united states really appreciates if you consider the amount of time and effort that the u.s. a push here into place to defeat ice's. and certainly

this is developing news live from vogue and president trump scrambles to holds turkey's offensive in northern syria as troops on all sides move to scenes strategic positions in the region trump calls for turkey to halt its advance threatening his nato ally with sanctions also coming out with just weeks to go before break says the queen sets out prime minister boris johnson's agenda he's under huge pressure to secure a deal or be forced to ask for another extension. and angry protests doc just banging supreme court finds the politicians who pushed for independence guilty of sedition and disobedience one is jailed for 13 years it's. a great thanks for joining me u.s. president donald trump is backtracking on his policy in northern syria following widespread criticism just a week after deciding to pull out u.s. troops there clearing the way for turkey to attack could use forces trump is now cold on turkey to halt its offensive he's called it dangerous and threaten sanctions against to. the planned withdrawal of u.s. troops has led could ease fighters to ally themselves with syria's government which th

donald trump describes the truth as a major breakthrough made possible by his policy in syria so what's the reaction been to that correspondent pablo fully sent us this assessment from washington president trumps announcement that sanctions imposed on turkey would be lifted has received a less than enthusiastic reaction here in the united states and criticism from republicans and democrats has been geared towards his overall handling of u.s. foreign policy his abrupt decision to withdraw u.s. troops from northern syria earlier this month hasn't gone down well after all since then relations with turkey have been strained a long term alliance with kurds simply forgotten and now the cementing of russia's position as a key power broker in the region of all caused much concern but president trump is just carrying out one of his main campaign promises well that's according to him he says he's bringing u.s. troops home and taking the u.s. out of what he. he says are endless wars but critics have said that many of those troops will end up in iraq and some will even stay in syria fighting isis a

on thursday, the house of representatives voted to condemn trump's actions in syria. e measure passed 354 to 60. "the new york times" described the vote as "the most significant bipartisan repudiation of mr. trump since he took office." amy: shortly after the vote, president trump met with house speaker nancy pelosi and other congressional leaders. the meeting did not go well. both pelosi and trump accused each other of having meltdowns. during the meeting trump also distributed a copy of a letter he sent to turkish president erdogan on october 9, the day of turkey's invasion. in the letter, trump wrote -- "let's work out a deal! you don't want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people, and i don't want to be destroying the turkish economy -- and i will." trump ended the letter writing -- "don't be a tough guy. don't be a fool! i'll call you later." the bbc is reporting erdogan received the letter and threw it in the trash. vice president mike pencnce and secretary of state mike pompeo are now in turkey where they are expected to meet with president erdoga

to pull the white house is sending mixed messages about the future of america's role in syria president donald trump announced on monday that u.s. soldiers would pull out of northeastern syria allowing turkey to launch a military operation against kurdish fighters turkey's defense minister says its forces are ready to enter and clear what he calls terrorists syrian kurds america's close on eye in the fight against i still call trumps decision a stab in the back and after widespread criticism at home the president is not threatening to destroy turkey's economy if it does anything he considers to be off limits but a white house official says u.s. soldiers are only being moved within syria rather than fully withdrawn contradicting the president's earlier tweet that the u.s. would quote get out of the war we have a lot to get to with our guests but 1st this report from kimberly hockett in washington d.c. . as u.s. troops begin pulling out of positions in northern syria their commander in chief donald trump defended his decision to withdraw now we've captured isis we've done what we've done we had 50 sol

and what trump has done in syria is disastrously wrong. this trump created crisis that evolves further into chaos, what should we be doing? what are we doing now? first we should work closely with the nato allies of the united nations to bring more responsible parties to the table. the united states and turkey are allies even if they don't act like one. so we should be fighting a broader coalition to pull back operations. as well as sees the callous disregard for civilians. the community should make it clear that we investigate in the reports of war crimes to hold accountable those are responsible. the second thing you should do with that immediate result that there is a way there is no negotiation. the united states should be set up to facilitate those talks in the free world requires us to show up and have some skin in the game. we shouldn't be delegating this to putin. we have an obligation to provide critically humanitarian support with the refugee crisis unfolding before our very eyes. the trump administration sending humanitarian aid

but trump syria policy faces domestic criticism in the u.s. ongress even from within his own republican party senator mitch mcconnell is promising bipartisan legislation to push trump to cancel air to ones white house visit and halt the u.s. troop drawdown. the senate needs to speak up we cannot effectively support our partners on the ground without a military presence the democratic senate leader fears u.s. actions will have grave consequences for kurdish fighters fought alongside u.s. forces to defeat eisel he's particularly concerned with reports the united states withdrawal has now allowed some myself fighters to escape the president's incompetence without a one in syria has handed isis a get out of jail free card and put simply put american lives in danger well it was about foreign policy president trumps white house address was geared to a domestic audience already campaigning for reelection president trump is keen to show he's keeping a campaign promise withdrawing u.s. soldiers from a generation of war kimberly hellcat al jazeera the wh

president donald trump has backtracked on his policy in northern syria he's announced sanctions against turkish officials over chris incursion against codes there and he slammed turkey's actions as dangerous trump had previously announced that u.s. troops would be withdrawn from the region and that has led kurdish fighters to ally themselves with the syrian government to which they had previously. again opposed. the syrian town of ras al-ain pounded by turkish a terrorist across the border. a week into turkey's offensive in northern syria fighting still rages here turkish backed syrian militias seen here at battling kurdish fighters who are counterattacking to retake the town. the turkish onslaught has left the kurdish autonomous administration in northern syria little choice but to turn to the assad regime for help. all syrian government troops have pushed forward to stop the turkish advance. they have reached the city of man bage a strategic town situated on a major highway. syrian state television was on the ground as local celebrate at the troops arrival. russian troops have also be

decision to pull troops out of northern syria trump is now facing accusations that he has abandoned kurdish forces who were key u.s. allies against so-called islamic state. only 70 e.u. countries have agreed to join a plan to distribute migrants who were rescued from the mediterranean interior ministers meeting in luxembourg had hoped to recruit more countries to join the effort italy and malta have been pushing for a fairer distribution of money it's. this year's nobel prize for physics has gone to 3 people in a ceremony in sweden it was announced that the prize will be shared between james peebles michel maior and india halo for their research into the universe's evolution and structure this is g w news you can find out more and d.-w. dot com you can also follow us at the w. new set. you're watching the w. news live from berlin after i will be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i hope to see of the. kick off. welcome to the real world byron munich suffer a humiliating last time now called. welcome to the top mark on down the

to pull the white house is sending mixed messages about the future of america's role in syria president donald trump announced on monday that u.s. soldiers would pull out of northeastern syria allowing turkey to launch a military operation against kurdish fighters turkey's defense minister says its forces are ready to enter and clear what he calls terrorists syrian kurds america's close on eye in the fight against eisel call trumps decision a stab in the back and after widespread criticism at home the president is not threatening to destroy turkey's economy if it does anything he considers to be off limits but a white house official says u.s. soldiers are only being moved within syria rather than fully withdrawn contradicting the president's earlier tweet that the u.s. would quote get out of the war we have a lot to get to with our guests but 1st this report from kimberly hockett in washington d.c. . as u.s. troops begin pulling out of positions in northern syria their commander in chief donald trump defended his decision to withdraw now we've captured isis we've done what we've done we had 50 soldi

but trump syria policy faces domestic criticism in the u.s. congress even from within his own republican party senator mitch mcconnell is promising bipartisan legislation to push trump to cancel air to ones white house visit and halt the u.s. troop drawdown. we shouldn't need to speak up we cannot effectively support our partners on the ground without a military presence the democratic senate leader fears u.s. actions will have grave consequences for kurdish fighters fought alongside u.s. forces to defeat eisel he's particularly concerned with reports the united states withdrawal has now allowed some eisel fighters to escape the president's incompetence with 3rd one in syria has handed isis a get out of jail free card and put simply put american lives in danger well it was about foreign policy president trumps white house address was geared to a domestic audience already campaigning for reelection president trump is keen to show he's keeping a campaign promise withdrawing u.s. soldiers from a generation of war kimberly hellcat al jazeera the wh

syria border. u.s. president donald trump is taking the credit for peace. was an outcome created by us the united states and nobody else no other nation very simple turkey syria and all forms of the kurds have been fighting for centuries we have done them a great service and we've done a great job for all of them and now we're getting out a reference to u.s. troops being pulled out of northern syria. the reality now is that russian forces are moving into the same kurdish territory that the u.s. has abandoned meanwhile there has been a sation of fighting. and i think what we have seen over the last days is encouraging because it shows that it's possible to move towards a political settlement a political solution and what you have seen is at least some reduction some significant reduction in violence and fighting 3rd one and putin want to establish a safe zone along the turkey syria border of around 30 kilometers zone they say kurdish forces must pull out of turkey then wants to resettle a 1000000 refugees currently living in turkey all of this means that the

israel out of that is really in the american interest president trump receiving lots of criticism for his decision to pull out off syria and it seems like the only option he has in his hands right now is to reiterate his threats with sanctions against turkey he has done so today again let's just listen in will president trump had to say. to bring our soldiers back home. and. would be very tough on turkey and a lot of others to maintain their own properties now they have to maintain peace and safety and we'll see what happens the delegation were asking for a cease fire we put the strongest sanctions that you could imagine but they get a lot we have a lot in store if they don't if they don't have an impact all right said donald trump that claiming the sanctions on key of very strong and yet the u.s. congress says the thoughts we kentucky seems to just shrug them all. now be full. all right so 1st of all he threatens tougher sanctions that what we just heard in the sound bites here and by the way neither congress nor turkey were very much impressed by these threats airtel on president of turkey today said he's not afraid

trump as a major win for him and his administration now this comes after the harsh criticism that he received from democrats and republicans over the rather abrupt decision to pull u.s. forces from syria and abandon their longstanding kurdish allies and critics have said that the pullout would allow isis to strengthen and once again become a serious threat to the united states and other countries but president trump ordered the return of 1000 u.s. troops now he and the u.s. defense secretary marc esper said soames would stay in syria to secure oil fields there and we mustn't forget that syrian oil in the past had been a source of revenue for the terror group that what we do or what we don't know is how many u.s. troops will in fact be needed now the president has been pushing for an end to what he calls the u.s. is involvement in endless wars and live up to a promise he made of bringing the troops home now for now trump is focusing on what he believes is very positive news the death of one of the most sought after people on the planet and shift the focus away from the ongoing and fast moving impeachment inquiry into him here in the united states. but now take a look at some of the oth

administrations talk to me about the disconnect between trump trump thinks that the syria problem has now been solved. how was made to react. president trump's announcement came as nato leaders are just coming to brussels they will only gather for the 1st time tomorrow we did hear from secretary general younes stoltenberg today before the announcement from the white house and so he didn't have a chance to react yet but i think that nato leaders the counterparts of president trump and the counterparts of mark as for the defense secretary will have a lot of questions tomorrow when the meeting gets underway it seems very abrupt and oversimplified to think that all of a sudden turkey is going to pull out of out of syria to think that the kurds are satisfied with this resolution and i just don't see how anything could happen that quickly i think there will be a lot of questions tomorrow for defense secretary mark esper and as has been mentioned he is coming to brussels having said that he believes that turkey may be responsible for war crimes on the ground and that's something i asked at n

to pull the white house is sending mixed messages about the future of america's role in syria president donald trump announced on monday that u.s. soldiers would pull out of northeastern syria allowing turkey to launch a military operation against kurdish fighters turkey's defense minister says its forces are ready to enter and clear what he calls terrorists syrian kurds america's close on eye in the fight against eisel call trumps decision a stab in the back and after widespread criticism at home the president is not threatening to destroy turkey's economy if it does anything he considers to be off limits but a white house official says u.s. soldiers are only being moved within syria rather than fully withdrawn contradicting the president's earlier tweet that the u.s. would quote get out of the war but we have a lot to get to with our guests but 1st this report from kimberly hockett in washington d.c. . as u.s. troops begin pulling out of positions in northern syria their commander in chief donald trump defended his decision to withdraw now we've captured isis we've done what we've done we had 50 s

mediawatch good evening starting to look at reactions to donald trump's controversial decision to withdraw troops. from northeast in syria. yes the announcement came late on sunday night telephone call with the tech is president recep tayyip erdogan. at donald trump it would appear overruling his top advisers. and there are many fee is that this could really leave the cuts extremely vulnerable in the- case of an invasion by turkish forces because it would leave them. at unaided by the us i'm this is one of the many at trump tweets that we have seen on the subject it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous. endless wars many of them tribal. i'll bring all soldiers home we will fight for it is to our benefit. and only fights to win so very much the idea that. america fast means the allies read i matter anymore. i am now four hours later on the heap of criticism lake city that he issued this tweet. if turkey does and the thing that only in my great aunt much wisdom consider to be off limits. i will totally destroy into bliss right the economy of turkey i've done before. i'm alarming tweet number of reasons that one. a

but trump syria policy faces domestic criticism in the u.s. congress even from within his own republican party senator mitch mcconnell is promising bipartisan legislation to push trump to cancel air to ones white house visit and halt the u.s. troop drawdown. we shouldn't need to speak up we cannot effectively support our partners on the ground without a military presence the democratic senate leader fears u.s. actions will have grave consequences for kurdish fighters fought alongside u.s. forces to defeat eisel he's particularly concerned with reports the united states withdrawal has now allowed some myself fighters to escape the president's incompetence with 3rd one in syria has handed isis a get out of jail free card and put simply put american lives in danger well it was about foreign policy president trump white house address was geared to a domestic audience already campaigning for reelection president trump is keen to show he's keeping a campaign promise withdrawing u.s. soldiers from a generation of war kimberly hellcat al-jazeera the wh

but trump syria policy faces domestic criticism in the u.s. congress even from within his own republican party senator mitch mcconnell is promising bipartisan legislation to push trump to cancel air to ones white house visit and halt the u.s. troop drawdown. we shouldn't need to speak up we cannot effectively support our partners on the ground without a military presence the democratic senate leader fears u.s. actions will have grave consequences for kurdish fighters fought alongside u.s. forces to defeat eisel he's particularly concerned with reports the united states withdrawal has now allowed some myself fighters to escape the president's incompetence with 3rd one in syria has handed isis a get out of jail free card and put simply put american lives in danger well it was about foreign policy president trumps white house address was geared to a domestic audience already campaigning for reelection president trump is keen to show he's keeping a campaign promise withdrawing u.s. soldiers from a generation of war kimberly hellcat al jazeera the w

special forces in syria trump said baghdadi blew himself up as u.s. troops stormed his hideout but satisfaction at the death of baghdad he has been tempered with several leaders cautioning that although isis as leader may be dead slowly state continues to pose a threat. so far for me it's 90 for iraq and so close to turkey need the village operation in series know the province of the world's most wanted man met his demise leave the remains of the i.s.i. fast in which i'll be back i'll back out he spent his last i hey much of his family plus plus followers died during the u.s. special forces operation. of my house and saw a helicopter in front of me no more than 15 meters in the air and another one right behind it there were no shots fired at 1st and then suddenly there was gunfire and the helicopter began firing back. by visiting the operation from the white house situation room with donald trump and he's top military commanders in the dramatic address the u.s. president said back that he had died quite like a dog blowing himself and his children up h

president donald trump has defended his decision to pull u.s. troops from northeast in syria clearing the way for a turkish assault and effectively abandoning kurdish fighters who'd helped to defeat eisel president trump says he's fulfilling a campaign promise to get out of endless wars but at least one top republican and some democrats have criticized his decision saying he's sacrificing a u.s. ally and undermining american credibility has our white house correspondent kimberly out that. as u.s. troops begin pulling out of positions in northern syria their commander in chief donald trump defended his decision to withdraw now we've captured isis we've done what we've done we had 50 soldiers in the area talking about and i said we want to bring our soldiers back home it's been a long time it's a major shift in u.s. foreign policy one being criticized by members of the president's own republican party senator lindsey graham one of trump's biggest supporters on twitter pledged to reverse the withdrawal of the u.s. senate calling it a disaster in the making a move also backed by

but trump syria policy faces domestic criticism in the u.s. congress even from within his own republican party senator mitch mcconnell is promising bipartisan legislation to push trump to cancel air to ones white house visit and halt the u.s. troop drawdown should a nation speak up we cannot effectively support our partners on the ground without a military presence the democratic senate leader fears u.s. actions will have grave consequences for kurdish fighters fata alongside u.s. forces to defeat eisel he's particularly concerned with reports the united states withdraw all has now allowed some eisel fighters to escape the president's incompetence without a one in syria has handed isis a get out of jail free card and put simply put american lives in danger. well it was about foreign policy president trump's white house address was geared to a domestic audience already campaigning for re-election president trump is keen to show he's keeping a campaign promise withdrawing u.s. soldiers from a generation of war kimberly hellcat al jazeera the whit

syria. the death tololl is unknown. as president trump orders a full withdrawal of u.s. troops from northern syria, the kurds have reached a deal to align with syria and russia in an effort to protect themselves from the turkish onslaught. we will get the latest. then we mark indigenous peoples day as more cities and states across the country are rejecting the federal holiday of columbmb. will look at the record of thisear's bel peace ize winner, the ethiopian prime minister abiy ahmed. is peace between ethiopia and eritrean people, the horn of africa region will be a region of peace and development. are people who live scattered as refugees and humiliation will come back with dignity. our citizens will not be sold in exchange like commodities. amy: all that and more, coming up. wewelcome to democracy nowow!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. syrian troops are massing near the turkish border one day after bashar al-assad's government reached a deal to help protect the kurds from turkey's deadly aiair and ground assault. the kurds had been allied

this will be the first debate since the impeachment inquiry and president trump's ukraine scandal. >>> developments in syria. president trump announced new sanctions against turkey in hopes of slowing down the turks assault against kurdish fighters and civilians in syria. that invasion began after president trump announced he would move u.s. troops out of the way giving turkey the green light. and as nbc's richard engle reports from syria, vice president mike pence is on a mission to to rein turkey back in. >> reporter: the white house calling for an immediate ceasefire in northern aggression. president trump peeking by phone last night with the top british commander and turkey's president. >>nitestates of america is simply not going to tolerate turkey's invasion of syria. any further. >> reporter: mr. trump sending vice president pence on an urgent diplomatic mission to the region. >> we'll be leaving as quickly as possible to travel into the region to pursue a ceasefire and a negotiated settlement. >> reporter: at the same time, treasury secretary steve mnuchin announcing new sanctions on turkey. >> the p

but trump syria policy faces domestic criticism in the u.s. congress even from within his own republican party senator mitch mcconnell is promising bipartisan legislation to push trump to cancel air to ones white house visit and halt the u.s. troop drawdown. sure nations speak up we cannot affectively support our partners on the ground without a military presence the democratic senate leader fears u.s. actions will have grave consequences for kurdish fighters fought alongside u.s. forces to defeat eisel he's particularly concerned with reports the united states withdrawal has now allowed some myself fighters to escape the president's incompetence without a warrant and syria has handed isis a get out of jail free card and put simply put american lives in danger well it was about foreign policy president trumps white house address was geared to a domestic audience already campaigning for reelection president trump is keen to show he's keeping a campaign promise withdrawing u.s. soldiers from a generation of war kimberly hellcat al jazeera the whi

this over trump's decision to withdraw us troops in northeast syria and leave. the local kurdish fighters. us allies. to the mercy of present photo once military. allegations the trump administration stop the us ambassadador to the east you frm giving evidence to the house committees. in the impeachment inquiry it's clean the cool sunderland as important. evidence of the trump the crane from coal. break the deal looks more remote than ever after recorded conversation between the uk prime minister haris johnson. and german chancellor angela merkel. also doubts about the veracity of miracles. words but that is no doubt donald stance. president of the european council accuses johnson. of playing a stupid game of a break that . thank you very much for being with us. the day after president donald trump threatened to ruin the economy of turkey if it goes too far with the planned invasion of northern syria he announced this choose that he's invited t turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan to the white house next month. will be serious harm to the kurdish that forces t

blew himself up as american special forces stormed his hideout in in a province in northwestern syria trump thanked russia syria turkey and iran for cooperating with the operation ladies around the world have welcomed the news but warned that the islamic state remains a threat donald trump said american special forces blew open a wall and moved in quickly cornering al baghdadi in a tunnel where he had taken 3 of his children he didn't supposedly blew himself up along with his children the u.s. says he quickly carried out d.n.a. tests confirmed his identity. the american president said he had been after baghdad he says he took office and explained why the u.s. chose to go in because this is the one that built isis and beyond and was looking to rebuild it again very very strongly looking to build it and that's why he went to this province this where he went to this area president trump also said the mission was so top secret that only a few officials knew about it even keeping his allies in the dark. al baghdadi had started a reign of terror this decade. he's believed to have become radicaliz

well now its turns out the thing everyone warned trump would happen is happening. >> this morning chaos in syria as president trump orders all remaining u.s. forces to leave the north of the country. turkish forces hammering america's kurdish allies with the help of radical militias. ease cay light violence forcing 100,000 people from their homes. turkey's artillery exploding 250 yards from an american special forces post on the border. >> it appears turkey used alleged terrorists as shock troops against u.s. allies the kurds unthey will collapsed and that did to call on president assad to be their savior. amid this chaos, i.s.i.s. is trying to regroup. hundreds of i.s.i.s. members and supporters have broken free of detention camp. >> trevor: sweet jesus. donald trump is the only way to find a person -- is the only person who can find a way to make the middle east more chaotic. the middle east was already a geopolitical jen cay tower with everybody trying to figure out the right move and trump comes in and says, why don't we move the whole table? trump justified his decision to pull out of syria

but trump syria policy faces domestic criticism in the u.s. congress even from within his own republican party senator mitch mcconnell is promising bipartisan legislation to push trump to cancel air to ones white house visit and halt the u.s. troop drawdown. the senate needs to speak up we cannot effectively support our partners on the ground without a military presence the democratic senate leader fears u.s. actions will have grave consequences for kurdish fighters fought alongside u.s. forces to defeat eisel he's particularly concerned with reports the united states withdrawal has now allowed some myself fighters to escape the president's incompetence without a one in syria has handed isis a get out of jail free card and put simply put american lives in danger well it was about foreign policy president trump white house address was geared to a domestic audience already campaigning for reelection president trump is keen to show he's keeping a campaign promise withdrawing u.s. soldiers from a generation of war kimberly hellcat al jazeera the wh

but trump syria policy faces domestic criticism in the u.s. congress even from within his own republican party senator mitch mcconnell is promising bipartisan legislation to push trump to cancel air to ones white house visit and halt the u.s. troop drawdown should it nation speak up we cannot effectively support our partners on the ground without a military presence the democratic senate leader fears u.s. actions will have grave consequences for kurdish fighters fata alongside u.s. forces to defeat eisel he's particularly concerned with reports the united states withdrawal has now allowed some eisel fighters to escape the president's incompetence with 3rd one in syria has handed isis a get out of jail free card and put simply put american lives in danger well it was about foreign policy president trump white house address was geared to a domestic audience already campaigning for reelection president trump is keen to show he's keeping a campaign promise withdrawing u.s. soldiers from a generation of war kimberly hellcat al-jazeera the white hous

as president trump's doing what he's doing in syria is much bigger than syria. it's more insidious, insidious than the grave betrayal of kurdish partners. it's more dangerous than taking our boot off the neck of isis. trump is demming onnishing the moral authority of the united states of america. i mean that in the literal sense. [ applause ] his incompetence is so extreme and his abuse of power so rampant that he's torching america's influence and our ability to get things done around the world. climate change. we make up 15% of the problem and we'll get 85% of the world to come back and cooperate with us when we put together the paris climate accord. mass migrations of venezuela and other places in the world, unfair trade practices, disruptive technology, nuclear proliferation, the ascendancy of china the resurgence of russia. how will we meet any of these real, global challenges we face if the united states is forever reduced to the eyes of the world to being an unreliable partner? who is going stand with us? working to identify areas of common interest while

was upset because the house voted on syria. trump is stuck.asically he gave turkey a green light to kill the people we promised to protect. he can't reverse the decision because it would be admitting he was wrong, which he doesn't do. today he tried to do damage control. this is a letter written by trump to his strong-man buddy president erdogan. i'm not sure what this was supposed to prove other than he's crazy, but this is a real letter from the president of the united states. we did not alter this in any way. dear mr. president, let's work out a good deal, as if he's running a honda dealership or something. you don't want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people, and i don't want to be responsible for destroying the turkish economy, and i will. and he goes on for a while and says history will look upon you favorably if you get this done the right and humane way. don't be a tough guy. don't be a fool. i'll call you later. sincerely, donald trump. call you later. [ applause ] so he sent that letter on october 9th. erdogan immedi