Trump administration officials are traveling the world to control the damage and reassure spooked allies after Syria pullout.
, members of his government are traveling the globe in an attempt to control the damage and reassure spooked allies about U.S. intentions.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Thursday attended an uncomfortable session of NATO in Brussels where members harshly criticized Turkey’s incursion into Syria and apparent U.S. acquiescence. Turkey’s bloody military operation thatformerly allied with the U.S. came after Trump essentially greenlighted the move by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“Turkey put us all in a very terrible situation, and I think the incursion’s unwarranted,” Esper said ahead of the meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The 29-member post-World War II transatlantic body includes most of Western Europe and Turkey as members, along with the U.S.
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