August 22, 2018
Trying to Make Sense of Trump’s Quickly Escalating Standoff With Turkey
Relations between the United States and Turkey continue to deteriorate over the detention of U.S. citizens by the Turkish government, with all the focus on an American pastor, Andrew Brunson, who was arrested in the purge that followed the failed 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Both sides are digging in, with President Donald Trump declaring in an interview on Monday that “there will be no concessions” to Turkey on securing Brunson’s release, despite the economic risks of Trump’s sudden pressure campaign of sanctions and tariffs. “I think it’s very sad what Turkey is doing,” Trump told Reuters. “I think they’re making a terrible mistake.”
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