Posted on 04/17/2017 8:08:39 PM PDT by Theoria
US president Donald Trump called his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to congratulate him on winning the referendum boosting his powers, the White House said on Monday.
The call was first reported by Turkish state media, one day after Erdogan won over 51 percent in Sunday's vote.
"Trump called Erdogan tonight (Monday) and congratulated him on his success in the referendum," Turkish presidential sources said, quoted by the government run Anadolu news agency.
The reaction from Mr Trump contrasts with EU leaders who have been reserved in their reaction to the narrow victory while monitors expressed concern over the "unlevel playing field".
The White House in a statement later on Monday said that the two leaders discussed a range of topics in addition to the vote in Turkey.
"President Donald J. Trump spoke today with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey to congratulate him on his recent referendum victory and to discuss the United States's action in response to the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons on April 4th," the White House statement said.
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If not fake news, it appears T is a bit tone deaf regarding the Caliphate.
Turkey’s descent into barbarity is a sad thing to contemplate. The achievement of Mustafa Kemel was a great turning point in history. Now, it is squandered.
UH!!?
Why .. why ... WHYYYY?!?
LOL!
Anyone ignorant of diplomacy must be going nuts!!!!!!!!!!!
Perfect time to get a favor too.
I don’t like this at all.
Erdogan is the closest thing to Hitler Europe has seen since the end of WWII.
I hope this is incorrect.
I’m going to give Trump the benefit of doubt for now.
The fact that islam is PURE evil and ergot of Turkey appears to follow it...I will trust Trump has a plan to defeat islam.
If not, GTFO.
LOL!
Anyone ignorant of diplomacy must be going nuts!!!!!!!!!!!
Perfect time to get a favor too.
Please enlighten the “ignorant” on diplomacy and how endorsing the Caiphate is good thing/news?
Perfect time for what favor?
I don’t like it either , but I suspect Trump doesn’t like him either and is playing Erdogan ... they will eventually butt heads ...
I have often wondered if Erdogan was the anti-Christ , I don’t think he is , but he will do until the anti-Christ gets here ...
I’m hoping when the President travels to Turkey, he’ll decline to visit Anitkabir (Ataturk’s mausoleum), currently standard protocol for visiting dignitaries.
Trump likes to cultivate friends, partners, and allies.
Meh. Actions speak louder than words. Turkey is a player in foreign affairs if we like it or not. I still say that the Mideast is a cesspool that we need to not swim in but for various reasons the USA loves to swim in it.
“how endorsing the Caliphate is good thing”
If the Turks want to live in a Caliphate within their borders why should foreigners have a say?
They don’t need anybody’s endorsement. This is typical neocon thinking trying to manage other countries internal affairs.
‘The achievement of Mustafa Kemel’ was an illusion.
There was no economy to support it.
It is a shame.
If Turkey had had oil, maybe they could have made the leap.
If this is correct, the only possible advantage I can see is if Pres. Trump (via Tillerson) can convince E-Dog to drastically REDUCE the amount of Syrians he has been dumping on Europe. Turkey has been using the threat of “Opening the gates!”, and releasing even more Syrian refugees, more quickly, if Turkey is not allowed into the EU. I believe membership will give many trade advantages to Turkey.
While he was congratulating the Islamist dictator, hopefully, he also told him to get his troops the hell out of Syria and Northern Iraq. Nothing good will come from his aggression and his leaving his troops in his neighboring countries.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
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