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Trump’s Turkey problem – Washington Examiner – Opinion

By ::· Conflicts - Fronts, News, United States, Venezuela ::· December 28, 2020

In what may well have been the shortest duration of sanctions in modern history, President Trump on Oct. 23 lifted all of the sanctions he had imposed on Turkey just nine days earlier for “escalating violence, endangering innocent civilians, and destabilizing the region” with its military incursion into northeast Syria. In his statement, Trump referred …

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Turkey’s Lobbyists Had Deep Access to Trump White House – Courthouse News

By ::· Conflicts - Fronts, News, Propaganda ::· October 25, 2020

MANHATTAN (CN) – Ballard Partners, the firm dubbed “the Most Powerful Lobbyist in Trump’s Washington,” ended its years-long contract with Turkey’s state-run Halkbank last week, the day after that bank’s indictment in a record-breaking money-laundering scheme. Halkbank’s prosecution comes amid the precipitous withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria following a phone call between President Donald …

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