... They are receiving healthcare, they’re receiving humanitarian aid in every aspect possible. Thank you.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. Would you like to pick somebody?
PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN: (No translation provided.)
PRESIDENT TRUMP: A friendly person from Turkey, please. Friendly. Only friendly reporters we like to see. There aren’t —
Q I’ll try.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: — too many of them around.
Q Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you.
Q You had the burden of Obama’s flawed foreign policy. And one of those flaws was allying the U.S. with the U.S.-designated terrorist organization, the PKK, and its Syrian offshoot, YPG. You’re trying to mend the damage that it did to U.S.-Turkey relations.
However you also invited the ringleader of YPG to the White House — his codename “Mazloum Kobani.” And he is responsible for at least 18 terrorist attacks in Turkey, which caused the death of 164 soldiers and 48 civilians. So, after today’s meeting, do you still think of inviting him to the White House, which will be very offensive and hurtful for the Turkish public? Thank you.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I had a very good talk with him. We had a very good — recently. And we’re working very closely together, and we’re also working very closely together with your great President...
