'A particularly inappropriate time': Trump to welcome Erdogan to WH despite Syria attack
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will welcome Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House on Wednesday just weeks after the authoritarian leader invaded Syria and attacked U.S.-allied Kurdish forces, unleashing fresh violence and chaos in the Middle East.
“President Erdogan’s decision to invade northern Syria on October 9 has had disastrous consequences for U.S. national security, has led to deep divisions in the NATO alliance, and caused a humanitarian crisis on the ground," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., wrote Friday in a letter that was signed by 16 other lawmakers, including two Republicans.
Meanwhile, U.S. reporters will almost certainly use Wednesday's news conference to ask Trump about the impeachment proceedings,"underlining his weakness in foreign affairs," Aliriza said. He noted that Trump's foreign policy toward Ukraine sparked the impeachment probe, and now"here he is meeting in a controversial manner with Turkey's president."
"The combination of the U.S. withdrawal from northeast Syria, Turkey's military offensive and the Syrian government all combined has created the worst-case scenario for that region," Margaret Huang, executive director of Amnesty International USA, told reporters earlier this week. Trump is now under pressure to impose stiff sanctions on Turkey for the S-400 purchase, as well as for its Syria attack. The House approved a biting sanctions bill last month aimed at crippling Turkey's economy and punishing Erdogan personally by requiring an assessment of his net worth.
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