TRUMP’S TURKEY ‘CONFLICT OF INTEREST’ FEEDS INTO A ‘TROUBLING PATTERN’ OF ABUSE OF POWER, SENATOR SAYS

Source:Newsweek Date:10Dec2019

There have been suggestions—including from former National Security Advisor John Bolton—that Trump’s Turkey policy is being influenced by his financial interests in the country.

This, some Trump critics have alleged, is why the president has failed to take a tougher line against Turkey’s recent invasion of northeastern Syria and purchase of the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft system, which American officials fear threatens NATO and U.S. national security.