1/ Is America’s security or Trump’s pocketbook guiding our foreign policy? Now we need to ask that question about Turkey, and evidence is increasing that something really fishy might be going on.
2/ In 2015, Trump admitted to having a conflict of interest in Turkey. These business interests have led to big questions about his unusual relationship with Erdogan: washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
3/ Or what about Reza Zarrab, who conspired with Turkey’s Halkbank to violate U.S. sanctions against Iran. This conspiracy was allegedly run out of Trump Towers Istanbul, but when the Treasury Dept recommended sanctions, Trump refused.
4/ Zarrab is represented by...you guessed it - Rudy Giuliani. And on a recorded call w a GOP Senator close to Trump, he says Trump has a personal interest in Halkbank.
5/ So what’s going on? Is Trump’s business interests, or his strange fascination w Halkbank, driving his decisions to let Erdogan invade Syria? We can’t connect all the dots yet, but Congress isn’t doing its job if we aren’t trying.
