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“Turkey is a serious power, by the way in which,” he mentioned. “Erdoğan is any individual I obtained together with nice, however he has a serious navy power. And his has not been worn out with conflict. He’s constructed a really robust, highly effective military.”
Returning to the query, he mentioned: “We [had] 5,000 troopers in between a five-million particular person military and a 250,000-person military, and I requested a common: ‘What do you consider that state of affairs?’ He mentioned: ‘They’ll be worn out instantly.’ And I moved them out. And I took lots of warmth. And what occurred? Nothing. Nothing. I saved lots of lives.
“Now we have now 900, they put some again. If you’re speaking about two, now that one of many sides has been primarily worn out. But no one is aware of who the opposite aspect is, however I do! Turkey.
“Turkey’s the one behind it. He’s a really sensible man, they’ve wished it for hundreds of years, and he obtained it.”
Asked if he was involved about additional unrest, Trump mentioned: “Nobody is aware of what the ultimate end result is gonna be within the area. Nobody is aware of who will rule within the ultimate. I imagine it’s Turkey. Turkey may be very sensible, he’s a really sensible man and he’s very powerful. Turkey did an unfriendly takeover with out lots of lives being misplaced.”
The Turkish authorities has but to reply, and couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.
Veronika Melkozerova contributed to this report.
