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What is the real message coming from the white house. president trump appearing to say that he would crack down on turkey economically if they launched any kind of fight that he deemed to be, quote, off limits, but no one knows exactly what that means. what is president trumps red line and will the u.s. come to bat for kurdish fighters when and if turkey does launch that military incursion, brianna. >> clarisa ward in iraq. thank you. and coming up, the nba does a 180 on a controversial tweet ...

Again. right now, they are looking for some kind of a guarantee from the u.s. some kind of protection that if the turkish military does invade into northern syria that they will not be the victims of some kind of a bloodbath. what theyve heard so far from the president is that if he deems in all his infinite wisdom to use his own wording that the turkish military has done something thats, quote, off limits, that he will respond by decimating turkey economically. but the question that many syrian...

That if he deems in all his wisdom that the turkish military has done something that is, quote, off limits that he will be responding by decimating turkey economically. they want to know what exactly are president trumps red lines and what exactly will the u.s. do when push comes to shove to try to protect the syrian kurds who its important to remember have been the u.s.s staunchest ally on the ground in the fight against isis. tens of thousands of them have been killed to that end. also, this i...

How presidents get themselves into trouble. >> after the backlash, the president tweeting, if turkey does anything that i, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider offlimits, i will totally obliterate and destroy the economy of turkey. but there are now also fears about these detention camps. holding tens of thousands of isis fighters and their families. the kurds say they now have to focus on defending themselves, not securing the camps. lets bring in nbc news chief foreign correspondent rich...

I think he uses twitter basically to outrage people and get people talking about things on his terms rather than what otherwise might be driven by the news. so i try to sort of steer clear. that said, i do watch what he says, even if i dont talk about it a lot. the president today online opining apparently in all seriousness about what he calls, quote, my great and unmatched wisdom. as i have stated strongly before, just to reiterate, if turkey does anything that i comma, in my great and unmatch...

Thats quite a threat. >> yeah. >> if turkey, quote, does anything that i in my great and unmatched wisdom there are is the president talking, consider to be off limits. but many -- >> im sorry my great and unmatched wisdom? he has the great and unmatched wisdom of chief igham on the simpsons. >> im just worried that the people that stand up for him -- >> many republicans dont see great and you matched wisdom in this syria decision, they see more crusty the clown or chief wigham. and actually, th...

Consult with before making the decision, turkish president erdogan. >> why are you siding with an authoritarian leader and not our kurdish allies? >> well, im not siding with anybody. weve been in syria for many years. you know, syria was supposed to be a short-term hit, just a very short-term hit. we were supposed to in and out. i dont want anything bad to happen to our people and i told that to president erdogan. i said dont hurt any of -- any of our people get hurt, big trouble. >> those rema...

But as this impeachment proceeding goes forward and does not slow down and continues to turn up more negative information about the president and his behavior, we are seeing some even weirder than usual behavior by the president. i dont like to focus on the presidents statements too much, especially his online statements. i think he uses twitter basically to outrage people and get people talking about things on his terms rather than what otherwise might be driven by the news. so i try to sort of...

A foreign policy analyst with the german marshall fund and jonathan its good to see you again help us make sense donald trumps syria decisions you know within a few hours today the u.s. president cleared the way for what is expected to be a turkish assault against kurdish fighters at the same time he threatens to destroy the turkish economy if turkey gives quote off limits in syria which message are we supposed to believe. well this is again a bit of the unpredictability of of president trump an...

To end the quote endless and ridiculous wars. he also tweeted time for others this the region to pick up the fight and threatened to on literal turkeys economy if they do anything quote, great and unmatched limitsey to be b off limits. his words, not mine. brett slam med the move during n interview this dafternoon. >> just no way to run the country. i dont say that lightly. this is very serious. nobody knows what to do. i see the administration now scrambling to kind of make sebs of whats happen...