10/17/2019

NANCY PELOSI/RALLY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump defended his Syria pullout at a campaign rally on Thursday [10-17-19] and lashed out at ‘crazy Nancy’ Pelosi and other Democrats who are trying to remove him from office through impeachment…Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, accused Trump of having a ‘meltdown’ after walking out of a White House meeting on Wednesday during which Trump called her a ‘third-rate politician.’ She and other Democratic leaders had complained about his decision to pull U.S. troops from northeastern Syria and allow Turkey to attack America’s Kurdish allies in the area…Trump has faced a backlash from his own Republican allies in Congress for the Syria pullout but he said on Thursday a ceasefire negotiated by Vice President Mike Pence with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan had helped ease the crisis.”

Steve Holland, “Trump blasts ‘crazy’ Nancy Pelosi and Democrats, defends Syria pullout,” Reuters, October 17, 2019 6:36 pm