Trump Shrugs At Kurd Betrayal: 'They're Not Angels'
Donald Trump held a press conference with Italy's prime minister on Wednesday to get his version of the "truth" out there. And make no mistake, it was a version of something, but it did not even vaguely resemble the truth.
The very first question was about his abandonment of the Kurds.
"[The situation in northern Turkey] has nothing to do with us. And the Kurds are much safer right now," Trump said.
"But the Kurds know how to fight and as I said, they're not angels. They're not angels. You take a look. You have to go back and take a look," he continued, without mentioning the fact that 11,000 of them laid down their lives to fight and contain ISIS so we didn't have to send our troops over there.
For Trump, it's always all about the money, as he went on to claim that we paid them a lot of money to fight with us.
The rest of what he said is in transcript form below, with my emphasis added: