President Trump: Erdogan is very smart. Syria is his doing. Russia was weakened, Iran was weakened. Erdogan sent his people to Syria in different forms and places, and they took over. I like Erdogan. He is my friend

He continued, ‘Turks have basically taken over Syria, They were after that land for 2,000 years’.

Quoting him from his press conference just now. Wasn’t committal on whether he would withdraw from Syria just yet.