Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who supported the Republican candidate in the US elections, stated that Donald Trump, who was elected as the 47th president of the country, shared his concerns about the US military presence in Syria in a dialogue between them.
In his interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson, Kennedy talked about a dialogue he had recently had with Trump, in a section where he touched upon the role of US presidents in critical decision-making processes.
“TRUMP SAID GET THEM OUT OF THERE”
Kennedy stated the following:
“I was on a plane with President Trump the other day and we were talking about the Middle East. (Trump) took a piece of paper and drew a map of the Middle East with all the countries in the region, which many Americans cannot do. He also wrote down the strength of the troops in each country. Especially on the border between Syria and Turkey.” ‘We have 500 soldiers on the Syrian-Turkish border.’ And there was a camp that was bombed. Trump said, ‘There are 750 thousand soldiers in Turkey and 250 thousand soldiers in Syria. If they conflict with each other, we will be left in the middle.’ “Then he asked his generals what would happen to these 500 people. They said that 500 soldiers could probably die, and Trump said ‘get them out of there’.”
WITHDRAWED IN FAVOR OF TRUMP
Robert Kennedy Jr., the nephew of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and the son of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated just like his brother, participated in the presidential election as an independent candidate, and later announced that he withdrew from the election in favor of Trump.
Following Turkey’s determination to launch a cross-border operation against the targets of the PKK/YPG terrorist organization, in December 2018, US President Trump announced the immediate withdrawal of around 2 thousand American soldiers in Syria, and soon relaxed this decision and gradually over time. He ordered that this number be reduced.
In October 2019, Trump stated that the USA stayed in Syria much longer than it should have and said that he did not want US soldiers to stay there any longer.
Trump’s troop withdrawal plans had received open opposition, especially from the US Central Command and figures such as Brett McGurk, who served as the Special Representative for the Fight against ISIS until the end of 2018.
McGurk resigned 2 months before his term expired, right after the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from Syria on December 19, 2018. In the 2020 elections, Joe Biden, who was elected president of the USA, appointed McGurk as the US National Security Council Middle East and North Africa Coordinator, and the USA’s Syria policy, in which it supports the YPG/PKK, gained strength.
Source: AA