{"id":30560,"date":"2019-01-14T21:40:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T21:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/01\/14\/pompeo-trump-threat-to-turkey-shows-us-commitment-to-kurds\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:41:15","slug":"pompeo-trump-threat-to-turkey-shows-us-commitment-to-kurds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/01\/14\/pompeo-trump-threat-to-turkey-shows-us-commitment-to-kurds\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo: Trump threat to Turkey shows US commitment to Kurds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RIYADH, Saudi Arabia \u2014 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that President Donald Trump\u2019s threat to devastate NATO ally Turkey\u2019s economy if it attacks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/01\/13\/pompeo-confident-of-us-deal-with-turkey-to-protect-kurds\/\" target=_blank>U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters<\/a> in Syria underscores America\u2019s commitment to its partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo said he had yet to speak with Turkish officials or Trump about the president\u2019s tweeted threat and that he assumed Trump was referring to the imposition of sanctions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/01\/10\/turkey-says-its-syria-offensive-against-kurdish-fighters-doesnt-hinge-on-us-pullout\/\" target=_blank>should Turkey take military action against the Kurds<\/a> in Syria, U.S. allies in the fight against the Islamic State group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sunday, Trump tweeted that the U.S. will \u201cattack again from existing nearby base if it (IS) reforms. Will devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/01\/11\/plan-calls-for-us-troop-pullout-from-syria-to-take-months-bringing-hundreds-more-troops-in-to-assist\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s decision to leave Syri<\/a>a, which he initially said would be rapid but later slowed down, shocked U.S. allies and angered the Syrian Kurds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo said the U.S. message on the Kurds has been straightforward and unchanged since Trump made the decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The administration has been very consistent with respect to our requirement that the Turks not go after the Kurds in ways that are inappropriate,&#8221; Pompeo said. &#8220;If they are terrorists, we&#8217;re all about taking down extremists wherever we find them. I think the president&#8217;s comments this morning are consistent with that.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/01\/11\/troop-withdrawal-from-syria-has-begun-us-official-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ARM-syria-web.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US withdrawal from Syria so far is only equipment, American official says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The movement of equipment is part of what the military calls the start of a deliberate withdrawal from Syria.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked specifically about what Trump meant by devastating Turkey&#8217;s economy, Pompeo replied: &#8220;We apply sanctions in many places around the world. I assume he&#8217;s speaking about those kinds of things but you would have to ask him.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump&#8217;s tweet drew a sharp response from Ankara and the Turkish lira lost some 0.84 percent of its value against the dollar on Monday following the U.S. president&#8217;s threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Recep Tayyip Erdogan&#8217;s spokesman responded to Trump on Twitter by saying that Turkey &#8220;fights against terrorists, not Kurds&#8221; as a people. &#8220;Terrorists can&#8217;t be your partners &amp; allies,&#8221; the spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"886\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19014396436387.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19014396436387.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19014396436387.jpg.jpg?resize=300,222 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19014396436387.jpg.jpg?resize=768,567 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19014396436387.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,756 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Turkey&#8217;s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, talks to the media during a joint news conference with Luxembourg&#8217;s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn following their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. (Cem Ozdel\/Turkish Foreign Ministry via AP, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu also rebuked Trump, saying that strategic partners do not speak to each other through social media and stressing that Turkey is &#8220;not afraid of any threat. You cannot achieve anything with economic threats.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We would do whatever is necessary to eliminate threat to our security,&#8221; Cavusoglu added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo said Trump&#8217;s call for a 20-mile safe zone between Turkish forces and the Kurds was consistent with what the U.S. is trying to achieve in talks with the Turks. 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