Donald Trump says US will ‘devastate’ Turkey economically if it hits Kurds

In a tweet on Sunday, Trump also warned the Kurdish forces not to "provoke Turkey". Turkey has threated to attack the United States' Kurdish allies fighting Islamic State militants.

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President Donald Trump warned Sunday that if Turkey attacks US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria, the United States will “devastate Turkey economically”.

Trump’s decision to pull American troops out of Syria has left the United States’ Kurdish allies vulnerable to an attack from Turkey. Ankara views the Kurdish forces as terrorists aligned with insurgents inside Turkey.

In a tweet on Sunday, Trump also warned the Kurdish forces not to “provoke Turkey”.