Trump administration officials are working overtime to say he never gave the green light to this disastrous gift to ISIS, Russia, and Iran. I don’t envy them. But it’s demonstrably false:
Here is the statement from Sunday night with no warning whatsoever. That’s called a green light.👇 
US forces then immediately withdrew from the border. US officials in Syria had to inform the SDF they were on their own. This despite the SDF having removed all defenses from the border region (at US request) on assurance that Turkey would NOT attack.
The US military was hailing the joint cooperation with Turkey in this very stretch of border just one day before Trump spoke with Erdogan. Trump clearly never backed up this effort.
Even two days into the attack, ALL of our western allies in the UN Security Council stood in solidarity to condemn it. The US was notably absent. Why?
Given the predictable consequences now unfolding before the entire world, if it’s true that Trump warned Erdogan not to invade northeast Syria, release the transcript of the call. Let’s see.
It either shows Erdogan defying a clear warning from the President of the United States (doubtful), or it shows a President who was totally unprepared and impervious to the real-world consequence of making national security decisions without considered thought or consultation.
