President Donald Trump announced Monday that he would "soon" issue an order sanctioning Turkish officials, hiking tariffs on Turkish steel up to 50% and "immediately" halting trade negotiations with the country.
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with China's Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office at the White House after two days of trade negotiations in Washington, October 11, 2019.President Donald Trump announced Monday that he would "soon" issue an order sanctioning Turkish officials, hiking tariffs on Turkish steel up to 50% and "immediately" halting trade negotiations with the country.
"This Order will enable the United States to impose powerful additional sanctions on those who may be involved in serious human rights abuses, obstructing a ceasefire, preventing displaced persons from returning home, forcibly repatriating refugees, or threatening the peace, security, or stability in Syria," Trump said in a lengthy statement posted to Twitter.
The retaliatory measures followed Trump's decision to order the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Syria's northern border with Turkey, which has enabled Turkish forces to launch an offensive against the U.S.-allied Kurdish forces there.
Where does all the tariff money go?
Ooohhhh. That’ll do it.
Great. That’ll show them. 🤦🏻♂️
He still doesn’t know how trade or tariffs work
That's it? Hahahaha.
Honest to God, this man is SICK! I'm worn out with his drama. TrumpBetrayedOurAllies TrumpCrimeFamily TrumpMeltdown
Is that was he was instructed to do so that he seems tough on Turkey but change his mind later after he does something else to catch the attention of the USA? People are dying due to his decisions.
LOL so Americans pay a tax when they buy steel from Turkey. Wow what a punishment!
Who pays those tariffs?
Would be interesting to see if Turkey has made a large steel purchase recently... know what i mean?!
So he’s punishing them for doing exactly what he knew they were going to do when he opened the door for them to do it. Makes sense to me. 😑
That’ll show ‘em! Has Erdogan started crying yet?
Trade deal pause 1a) cancelled for now perhaps
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