you have to say it, nobody wants to say it, we're making the kurds look like they're angels. we paid a lot of money to the kurds. tremendous amounts of money. we've given them massive fortunes and you know what, it's wonderful. they fought with us, but we paid a lot for them to fight with us. >> the blow-back from capitol hill for president trump's decision to withdraw forces has been strong and nonstop, especially from republicans. trump's ally, senator lindsey graham, called it a disaster saying the president will have blood on his hands. the commander of the kurdish-led syrian democratic forces accused the president of selling out the kurds and leaving them to be slaughtered. so trump sends vice president mike pence to turkey to work out a deal but it's a deal that appears to give turkey everything they wanted. no matter, the president's portraying himself as a white knight, the savior. >> this was something that they've been trying to get for ten years.