During a meeting in the Oval Office Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pulled out an iPad to show a small group of Republican senators and President Trump a propaganda video casting the Kurds in a negative light, according to a GOP source
Washington During a meeting in the Oval Office Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pulled out an iPad to show a small group of Republican senators and President Donald Trump a propaganda video casting the Kurds in a negative light, according to a GOP source familiar with the situation.
The source called the video, which was first reported by Axios,"surreal" and"straight propaganda."GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham, Jim Risch, Ted Cruz, Joni Ernst and Rick Scott all attended the candid and at times tense meeting, which lasted about 90 minutes. Reporters were briefly invited in to see the lawmakers raise their foreign policy concerns with Erdogan -- specifically addressing the sale of Russian weapons to Turkey and Turkey's conflicts with the Kurds.
The Erdogan effect: How one man shaped Turkey 03:32Trump invited these senators knowing they would be candid in their views. He wanted a frank discussion and wanted the lawmakers to air their concerns, one source familiar with the conversations said, adding that Trump believes it's important to maintain a positive relationship with Erdoğan and isn't concerned that other US officials, like these lawmakers, feel differently.
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