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ffr

(22,665 posts)
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 02:31 PM Dec 2018

4 Months After Threat To Seize Trump Towers Istanbul, Trump Gave In To Turkey's Syria Troop Pullout

Four Months After Threat To Seize Trump Towers Istanbul, Trump Gave In To Turkey’s Syria Troop Pullout Demand

Leaders of one Turkey's major political parties in August called for the government to seize the Trump Towers Istanbul skyscraper complex, and four months later, Donald Trump acquiesced to a Turkish demand to pull troops out of Syria.


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So why did Trump accede to Erdogan’s demands for a U.S. pullout from Syria? The reasons remain unclear, but four months before Trump made his sudden decision, a major political party in Syria called for Erdogan’s government to seize the twin Trump Towers Istanbul skyscrapers, according to a report by the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News.



The call to seize the Trump Towers Istanbul came from Turkey’s İYİ Party — or “Good Party,” in English — which implored Erdogan to seize the buildings as retaliation for U.S. sanctions against two top officials in Erdogan’s regime, who were accused of human rights violations, according to an account in Britain’s Express newspaper. - Inquisitr
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4 Months After Threat To Seize Trump Towers Istanbul, Trump Gave In To Turkey's Syria Troop Pullout (Original Post) ffr Dec 2018 OP
Wow,told you so!!! Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #1
Trump is being blackmailed Gothmog Dec 2018 #2
Okay, that explains it! PatSeg Dec 2018 #3
Just one of multiple explanations.... Pachamama Dec 2018 #9
With Trump PatSeg Dec 2018 #10
When is the American public going to realize louis-t Dec 2018 #4
Does he own the towers or just license his name? Pepsidog Dec 2018 #5
One of the reports said he just licenses his name. However, his name would be worth a lot less, pnwmom Dec 2018 #6
I think HE thinks he owns them once he slaps his name on them. JDC Dec 2018 #7
in other words, he lives by toddler rules Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #11
Trump's whole agenda is simply MTGA. Beartracks Dec 2018 #8

Pachamama

(16,884 posts)
9. Just one of multiple explanations....
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 12:10 PM
Dec 2018

I believe there are more....

But this is a very very big one....

PatSeg

(47,282 posts)
10. With Trump
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 12:37 PM
Dec 2018

there seems to be endless connections and corruption, more than I had imagined possible. And he did so much of this crap in front of the whole world, didn't even try very hard to disguise what he was doing. He's not particularly good at devious deceptive behavior, it is just most people couldn't believe someone in his position would even try it.

louis-t

(23,273 posts)
4. When is the American public going to realize
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 04:03 PM
Dec 2018

he only reacts when his business interests are at stake? He is consumed with trying to stabilize his fake empire. He is not a billionaire, never has been. I'm sure he owes much more than he is worth and that doesn't include defaulting on loans and refusing to pay his bills.

pnwmom

(108,959 posts)
6. One of the reports said he just licenses his name. However, his name would be worth a lot less,
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 04:39 PM
Dec 2018

if governments around the world started seizing properties because they bore his name.

JDC

(10,117 posts)
7. I think HE thinks he owns them once he slaps his name on them.
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 04:42 PM
Dec 2018

He is out of his mind and once he puts his name on something, he owns it - in his head. Delusional.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,259 posts)
11. in other words, he lives by toddler rules
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 09:49 PM
Dec 2018

TODDLER’S RULES

1- If I want it, it's mine
2- If it's in my hand, it's mine
3- If I can take it away from you, it's mine
4- If I had it a little while ago, it's mine
5- If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way
6- If we are building something together, all the pieces are mine
7- If it just looks like mine, it's mine
8- If I think it's mine, it's mine
9- If I give it to you and change my mind later, it's mine
10- Once it's mine it will never belong to anyone else, no matter what

Beartracks

(12,801 posts)
8. Trump's whole agenda is simply MTGA.
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 04:55 PM
Dec 2018

Last edited Thu Dec 27, 2018, 05:12 AM - Edit history (1)

"Make Trump Great Again." He's an egotistical, failed "business man" in whom Russia has invested LOTS of money, and his main interest is to make people think he's awesome. His presidency, such as it is, seems intended to rehabilitate his own image, not America's. It was never about America. Trump is the only thing important to Trump.

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