Syrian Kurds facing a Turkish military operation did not “help us in Normandy,” US President Donald Trump said Wednesday, defending his widely-criticized decision to clear the way for the assault.
The Kurdish forces — which the US partnered to combat the Islamic State group in Syria — are “fighting for their land,” Trump said.
“As somebody wrote in a very, very powerful article today, they didn’t help us in the Second World War, they didn’t help us with Normandy as an example,” he said.
The president was apparently referring to a piece by a columnist on the conservative Townhall website supporting Trump’s decision to pull American forces back from Syria’s northern frontier, which opened the way for the Turkish operation.
Trump has faced a bipartisan storm of criticism since the White House made the surprise announcement on Sunday.
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