The Kurds find themselves suspended in Washington’s favorite foreign-policy paradox
The White House confirmed the call, albeit in characteristically careful language.
“The president has held many calls with partners, allies, and leaders in the region, in the Middle East,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Wednesday, admitting nothing more than that POTUS spoke “to Kurdish leaders with respect to our base that we have in northern Iraq.”
By Thursday, Trump sounded enthusiastic about the idea of Kurdish forces joining the fight.
“I think it’s wonderful that the Kurds want to do that,” the president said in an interview with Reuters. “I’d be all for it.”
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