While the Kurds Fear, Donald Trump Revels in His “Great and Unmatched Wisdom”

There is no bottom.

Maybe this will be the 25th Amendment moment. Congressional Republicans and evangelicals are all up in arms about Donald Trump’s decision to leave Northern Syria wide open for Turkish forces to engage the Kurds. Even though the Kurds fought with us against ISIS, Turkey views them as terrorists and wants to wipe them. Trump has stood aside after a call with Turkey’s strongman leader, Erdogan.

The “great and unmatched wisdom” line is the headline grabber but also insane is the threat to obliterate Turkey’s economy if they go “off limits.” There is a megalomania here that is frightening.

UPDATE: This is an extraordinary message from the DOD: