Sen. Mitt Romney raises a troubling theory about Trump and Turkey

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Sen. Mitt Romney raises a troubling theory about Trump and Turkey

By Aaron Blake
Oct. 18, 2019 at 12:12 p.m. EDT

This post has been updated with Schumer’s and Esper’s comments.

Sen. Mitt Romney delivered perhaps the most thorough Republican rebuke of President Trump’s Syria withdrawal Thursday, calling Trump’s abandonment of the Kurds there “a bloodstain on the annals of American history.”

But while that line has gotten a lot of play, there’s something else Romney said that shouldn’t escape notice. He suggested Trump got bullied into the withdrawal by Turkey — and that he backed down.

“It’s been … suggested that Turkey may have called America’s bluff, telling the president they are coming no matter what we did,” said Romney, of Utah. “If that’s so, we should know it. For it would tell us a great deal about how we should deal with Turkey, now and in the future.”

Romney then returned to the idea that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan might have given Trump an ultimatum that was met with acquiescence.

“Are we so weak and inept diplomatically that Turkey forced the hand of the United States of America? Turkey!?” Romney said. “I believe that it’s imperative that public hearings are held to answer these questions, and I hope the Senate is able to conduct those hearings next week.”

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/17/mitt-romney-raises-very-troubling-theory-about-trump-turkey/

[qazplm135]

1. what republicans are doing to our international status and power

merely for short-term domestic advantage is just criminal.

[Mike Nelson]

2. That's very strange...

... I thought this was never a "theory" at all... I thought it was was in the realm of reality.

[riversedge]

3. there's something else Romney said that shouldn't escape notice. He suggested Trump got bullied into

The big Bully Trump got bullied. Very reasonable to assume that IMHO

.......there’s something else Romney said that shouldn’t escape notice. He suggested Trump got bullied into the withdrawal by Turkey — and that he backed down. ......................

[2naSalit]

4. He even suggested it made us look weak...

all triggers for the orangeanus.

[Iliyah]

6. Has t-rump do his normal retaliated tweets against Turkey?

Nope, but Turkey is talking plenty shit and still is attacking the Kurds. t-rump talks tough but actions, nothing.

[ScratchCat]

5. I saw this clip on MSNBC last night

and after watching it, I asked myself: "How can any Republican who voted for Romney give an iota of support to Trump after watching this?"

I know, I know.... both candidates whom 80% of Trump voters voted for in 2004 and 2008 said Trump was unelectable, a danger to the world and had no business being President and they voted for him anyway. I know.... but I know many of these folks. They aren't stupid, and they don't possess a cult-like mentality. I just can't comprehend them and their ridiculous for support for a life-long con man and reality who host who has no history of interest in politics or social issues.