Trump's letter to Turkey president contains many strong feelings & exclamation marks

The letter was written with good words, the best words.

Belmont Lay | October 17, 2019, 05:29 PM

Donald Trump, the President of the United States of America and officially the most powerful man in the world, has sent an official White House letter to Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that consisted of many strong sentiments, a threat, and exclamation marks.

The contents of the letter, dated Oct. 9, 2019, have been made public, revealing the liberal use of punctuation marks and idiosyncratic conversational ad libbed sentence structure.

And it has since been described as bizarre, an embarrassment, and also oddly succinct, as well as unbefitting of the highest office in the world.

The letter read:

His Excellency

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

President of the Republic of Turkey

Ankara

Dear Mr. President:

Let's work out a good deal! You don't want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people, and I don't want to be responsible for destroying the Turkish economy -- and I will. I've already given you a little sample with respect to Pastor Brunson.

I have worked hard to solve some of your problems. Don't let the world down. You can make a great deal. General Mazloum is willing to negotiate with you, and he is willing to make concessions that they would never have made in the past. I am confidentially enclosing a copy of his letter to me, just received.

History will look upon you favorably if you get this done the right and humane way. It will look upon you forever as the devil if good things don't happen. Don't be a tough guy. Don't be a fool!

I will call you later.

Background of letter

The letter was sent on the day Turkey launched its incursion into north-eastern Syria.

This took place days after the Trump administration appeared to green light an invasion by pulling US troops from the Kurdish-dominated region.

The mixed signal is apparent as Trump then warned the Turkish president in the letter that he would wreck Ankara’s economy if the invasion went too far.

The "Pastor Brunson" that Trump mentioned was a church leader who set up a Christian ministry in Turkey, but was arrested.

Brunson was only released by Turkey after the U.S. imposed sanctions.

The other significant point about the letter was Trump’s readiness to share a supposedly confidential letter from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) leader, Mazloum Kobani, with Erdoğan.

Turkish forces were launching an attack on the SDF.

Article rewritten, Trump-style

The president of United States, is a powerful, powerful man.

He can write many words, the best words, and he can send those words to any president in the world at anytime.

He can write a letter saying exactly what he would do to Turkey, if Turkey did not obey President Trump.

He can make a great deal with Turkey's president.

If he doesn't want to make a deal, then Turkey can face punishment like how the United States punished Turkey for not releasing the prisoner Pastor Brunson.

The United States President can also share information from other people with other people any time he likes.

It is good information. The best.

If Turkey can use that information from General Mazloum, then Turkey can do well.

They can negotiate and they can avoid fighting.

But they can fight. But not too much.