On Wednesday, Ankara launched a military offensive in northern Syria, targeting Daesh* and the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), both of which Turkey considers to be terrorist organisations.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday offered three options for how the US should respond to Turkey's “Operation Peace Spring.”
The US could choose to win “Militarily,” could use financial instruments to hit Ankara with “Sanctions,” or “mediate a deal between Turkey and the Kurds,” according to Trump.
The US president reiterated that Washington “defeated 100% of the ISIS Caliphate and no longer have any troops in the area under attack by Turkey, in Syria,” while boasting about a “perfectly” done job amid a Turkish military offensive against the Kurds, “who have been fighting each other for 200 years”.
Later in the day, Trump, while speaking with reporters, said that Washington would likely do something very tough with regards to imposing sanctions against Turkey.
“We are going to possibly do something very very tough with respect to sanctions and other financial things,” Trump said on Thursday.
On Monday, prior to the beginning of the Turkish “Operation Peace Spring” military incursion in northern Syria, Trump vowed to “obliterate” Turkey's economy in the event that Ankara took actions in Syria considered by Trump to be unacceptable.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, reacting to Trump's tweets regarding the…
