“I can’t comment on whether he was serious or not,” Sec. Mnuchin tells jonkarl when asked about Trump saying China should investigate the Bidens. “People who are trying to imply the president is asking for things...I think this is ridiculous.”
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that President Donald Trump is focused on the developing situation in Turkey and that they will be meeting with the National Security Council Sunday, as reports of thousands of displaced citizens and escaped Islamic State fighters emerge.
Trump tweeted on Sunday that it was,"Very smart not to be involved in the intense fighting along the Turkish Border." On Friday, Mnuchin announced that Trump had signed an executive order that would allow the Treasury Department to activate"very significant" sanctions against"any person associated with the government of Turkey," if the country crosses certain lines in its operation against Kurdish forces in northern Syria.
Those economic penalties have not yet been activated, but in a statement, the Treasury Department indicated that the U.S. would sanction Turkey for any action that disrupts counter Islamic State operators and indiscriminate targeting of civilians or ethnic and religious minorities. He also responded to criticism on the situation by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who told Axios on Thursday,"I think he's putting the nation at risk. … If I hear the president say one more time, 'I made a campaign promise to get out of Syria,' I'm going to throw up."
Good decision by President @realDonaldTrump to work with Congress to impose crippling sanctions against Turkeys outrageous aggression/war crimes in Syria.
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