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Reaction was "wait, what?" can this possibly be real? it is real. im talking about the contents of the letter the president of the united states sent to turkish president erdogan on october 9th. and just remember, as i read this to you, this is the president of the united states in an official communication to another world leader, who is also, by the way, a strongman, okay? you ready? dear mr. president, lets work out a deal, exclamation point. you dont want to be responsible for slaughtering t...

Its up on your screen, but i have it right here. so remarkable, so unbelievable that most peoples first reaction was "wait, what? can this possibly be real?" it is real. im talking about the contents of the letter the president of the united states sent to turkish president erdogan on october 9th. and just remember, as i read this to you, this is the president of the united states in an official communication to another world leader, who is also, by the way, a strongman, okay? you ready? "dear m...

And it just -- to me it was to be able to -- first of all, the letter is just an incredible letter the way its dictated. but it sounds like its definitely dictated directly from him the way he thinks and speaks. and secondly, it was to try to cover himself for what was unleashed with the turks going ahead and invading into northern syria and the consequences that flow thereafter. >> i want to ask you about something else, which sounds incredible. were told by a democratic source familiar with th...

The course of the last week with his phone call to erdogan and this letter that hes trying to cover up a little bit i think probably what was in the phone call where he probably let erdogan go ahead and do what he was going to do is were seeing what is basically his doctrine of foreign policy, which is transactional, which is u.s. military engagement or u.s. foreign policy engagement based on whether or not were being compensated or how much its going to cost us. it is a foreign policy that is v...

Donald trump also reaching out, we have part of the letter he sent, he said this to erdogan, lets work out a good deal, you dont want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people and i dont want to be responsible for destroying the turkish economy and i will. >> this is a really tough situation here because erdogan is feeling pretty confident in his primary objective, to clear out a path not for security but because he wants to take the 3 million people in his country from syria, the r...

Erdogan urging action to stop the bloodshed, lets work out a good deal, you dont want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people and i dont want to be responsible for destroying the turkish economy and i will. in a few hours mike pence, mike pompeo and national security adviser robert obrien will land in turkey to begin meeting with erdogan. turkish troops showing no sign of slowing down the invasion of northern syria. jillian: the presidents meeting with democrat came amid rapid dev...

Off saying mattis is, quote, the worlds most overrated general. you know why? he wasnt tough enough, i captured isis. personally i guess he captured isis. the source said trump also acknowledged up to 100 isis fighters escaped due to his decision but insisted twice, they are, quote, the least dangerous ones. trump also handed out copy ies a letter the president said he sent to erdogan a week ago. a senior democratic aid said trump bragd about the letter which erdogan appears to have completely i...

That. >> that might make you happy. >> first mention of communists on our watch. pelosi, by the way, later clarified the presidents insult. >> what did the president say that got this meeting on the wrong foot? leader schumer said he called you a third-rate politician -- >> no, no, a third-grade. third-grade. >> thank you for clarifying. and i said, i wish you were a politician. >> glad to clear that up. tonight trump posted this photo of todays meeting writing "nervous nancys unhinged meltdown....

That. >> that might make you happy. >> first mention of communists on our watch. pelosi, by the way, later clarified the presidents insult. >> what did the president say that got this meeting on the wrong foot? leader schumer said he called you a third-rate politician -- >> no, a third-grade. >> thank you for clarifying. >> i said i wish you were politicians. >> glad to clear up. tonight trump posted this photo of todays meeting writing "nervous nancys unhinged meltdown." schumer did note that t...

And of course, president assad backed by russia and now turkey backed by the united states. i mean wing what youve seen here is diplomatic reality, which is that president trump wanted a cease-fire. he has got a cease-fire. and youve seen america swing back behind turkey, its nato ally. that was, in a certain sense, i think, inevitable. but katy, again, there are so many questions. and the fundamental question, will this cease-fire hold. >> keir, i do want to put up on the screen, this came out ...