Republicans have to be gnashing their teeth over the abject stupidity of the Republican President.
Trump's order to retreat in Syria betrayed a key ally who suffered 11,000 casualties in quelling the ISIS terrorist threat. Trump's retreat order facilitated the Turkish invasion of Syria and the attempt by the Turkish dictator,
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to annihilate the Kurds who he regards as terrorists.
Trump enabled Edogan to kill hundreds of Kurds and causing thousands more to abandon their homes, becoming refugees.
On a day when live, public House impeachment hearings began featuring two key witnesses against Trump, William B. Taylor Jr., acting ambassador to Ukraine, and his boss, George Kent, deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, provided devastating evidence of abuse of power, on a day when desperate Republicans are trying vainly to defend Trump from his own incriminating statements, guess who Trump invites to the White House.
You got it, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
It is an in your face gesture to Republicans from a Republican President.
How smart is that?
Republicans are in the midst of drafting a bipartisan sanctions bill targeting Turkey for its aggressive action against the Kurds, aggressive action caused by Trump's retreat. Some of the strongest Congressional critics have included some of Trump's closest congressional allies, including Senator Lindsey Graham, who has repeatedly warned Erdoğan about the repercussions of his actions and has drafted his own sweeping sanctions bill targeting the country.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle called for Trump to rescind the White House invitation to Erdoğan entirely. The White House declined to do so.
How smart is that?
Pretty smart if Trump is acting like a Russian puppet whose sole purpose is to create havoc in the capital.
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