Trump: 'Hope Turkey acts rationally in terms of operation in Syria'

US President Donald Trump has said that he hoped Turkey would "act rationally" as country launched an operation to inve Kurdish-controlled rth Syria. Warning of actions against Turkey's ecomy, Trump said that he would consider moves tougher than sanctions if Ankara does t do operations in rrn Syria in as humane a way as possible.

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"I will wipe out (Turkey's) his ecomy if that happens, Trump told reporters at White House when asked if he is concerned that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will try to wipe out Kurds.

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Turkey has launched a bro assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in rastern Syria, with intensive bombardment paving way for a ground offensive. operation was possible after White House anunced late Sunday that Turkey would soon carry out a military operation in rrn Syria and that US troops will longer be in immediate area. Trump said he hoped Turkey President Erdogan would act rationally in terms of operation in rrn Syria. I will tell you that I do agree on sanctions, but I actually think much tougher than sanctions if he doesn't do it in as humane a way as possible. (Senator) Lindsey Graham and I feel differently.

I think Lindsey would like to stay re for next 200 years and maybe d a couple hundred-thousand people every place. But I disagree with Lindsey on that, he said. When asked about humane way, president indicated that he will opt a policy of wait and watch. We are going to have to see. We're going to have to define that as we go along. If you listen to Erdogan, he wants to have people go back to where y came from, go back to Syria, he said.

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Donald Trump on Erdogan

"Right w, Turkey is holding millions of people that would be all over place if Erdogan wasn't holding m. So, he wants to repatriate. He wants to have m to go back into area that he's looking at," he said.

"We will see. We'll see how he does it. He could do it in a soft manner. He could do it in a very tough manner. If he does it unfairly, he's going to pay a very big ecomic price, Trump warned.

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