Was Trump blackmailed by Turkish government?

[UCmeNdc]

this story pop up around midnight that, if verified by other sources - including one of the new whistleblowers they’re reporting a source told them had nothing to do with the Ukraine saga - would explain Trump’s sudden withdrawal of U.S. forces in Syria and puts a target squarely on Jared Kushner’s back for providing the opening to Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi’s murder at the Saudi embassy in Istanbul in October of last year.

It would also expose a U.S. president as having been blackmailed by another head of state into abandoning our Syrian Kurdish allies to protect his son-in-law.

The UK’s Daily Mail released this story at midnight based on an article that was published late last night in the Spectator, published by the owners of the UK’s The Daily Telegraph.

The Spectator has a paywall, but you may be able to read the full article once.

I hope it isn’t true.

And I say that because I hate the thought that a U.S. president’s closest advisor, a U.S. citizen and WH employee, gave the green light to a WP reporter’s (Khashoggi’s) arrest, especially if it led to Khashoggi’s brutal murder.


https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/4/1897048/-REPORT-Kushner-OK-d-Khashoggi-Arrest-Turkey-Heard-Call-Blackmailed-Trump-over-Syrian-Troops

[dchill]

1. I read that a couple of weeks ago, can't remember where.

I don't doubt it, though.

[DanieRains]

2. The Truth Is Probably Way Worse When It Comes To Trump

Think about it.

[Poiuyt]

3. Trump and Erdogan had a phone conversation the day before he announced that we were

pulling out of Syria.

I would love to see a transcript of that call!

[backtoblue]

6. He looked and sounded terrible in the presser after their meeting

Erdogan looked determined and trump looked like he was sick. I'm thinking this wasnt a "perfect" call.

[Wounded Bear]

4. That, or maybe just flat out outsmarted...

Trump is out of his league among the assholes of the world.

[Jim__]

5. Would anyone be surprised if this were true?

The sad thing is, almost everyone knows that Trump doesn't really care at all about what happens in the world unless it directly affects him. Selling anyone out, including whole nations, including the US, is to be expected.

[Gothmog]

7. Trump puts his personal interests over the interests of the AMERICAN people

[Tanuki]

8. After the meeting, 45 made Lindsey Graham block the Senate Armenian Genocide resolution.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.axios.com/white-house-lindsey-graham-armenian-genocide-b3886afb-c626-476b-8a44-6d7197acd963.html