Trump says US will impose sanctions on Turkey over detained pastor
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https://apnews.com/d45ad3b11a91469cb9438cfe564f76a3/Trump:-US-to-impose-sanctions-on-Turkey-over-detained-pastor
Shortly after the possibility of sanctions was first announced by Vice President Mike Pence Thursday, Trump wrote on Twitter that the U.S. “will impose large sanctions on Turkey for their long time detainment of Pastor Andrew Brunson.”
“He is suffering greatly. This innocent man of faith should be released immediately!” the president added from aboard Air Force One as he flew to Iowa for an event.
Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, quickly responded, also via Twitter:
“No one dictates Turkey. We will never tolerate threats from anybody. Rule of law is for everyone; no exception.”
Pence’s initial announcement of possible sanctions came at the close of a three-day conference on religious freedom.
Always blows my mind that foreign policy is conducted live before everyone's eyes in 280 characters or less.
I mean, I'm totally fine with kicking Turkey's government in the dick. But Trump is not one to do it in a vaguely thought out way.
So we're sanctioning them because of a pastor, and not because of literally any other sensible reason? No wonder we heard from Mike Pence on this.
of all the straws, that was the last one for Trump?
Who even knows anymore. The guy's such a weirdo it could have taken a rock falling off a cliff the wrong way for him to make this decision
Even further confirmation for me that this pastor is a massive cunt.
By all means sanction away but I'm also quite happy to let the man rot.
Last I checked, the priest just had bogus terrorism charges nailed onto him. Trump liking someone does not immediately male them evil.
So he's going to sanction Turkey for a single person being detained, but unanimously-approved Congressional sanctions against Russia are simply absurd and they don't deserve to be sanctioned.
Hmm.
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