President Trump threatened Turkey over a tweet, saying the US will 'devastate' Turkish economy if Turkey dares to attack the Kurdish allies America is leaving behind in its “long overdue” pull-out of troops from Syria.

President Trump and the president of Turkey are trying to ease tensions after the White House warns Istanbul not to attack Kurdish forces helping to fight ISIS.

US-Turkish economic ties in spotlight as row deepens

President Trump threatened Turkey over a tweet, saying the US will 'devastate' Turkish economy if Turkey dares to attack the Kurdish allies America is leaving behind in its “long overdue” pull-out of troops from Syria.

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Turkey will not be intimidated by US President Donald Trump's threat to “devastate" its economy if Ankara attacked Kurdish militants in Syria. "We have said repeatedly we are not scared of and will not be intimidated by any threats," Cavusoglu said Monday, adding: "Economic threats against Turkey will get nowhere." Watch Live: http://www.presstv.com/live.html YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/videosptv/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/PressTV LiveLeak: http://www.liveleak.com/c/PressTV Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PRESSTV Google+: http://plus.google.com/+VideosPTV Instagram: http://instagram.com/presstvchannel

Donald Trump has warned its NATO ally to beware of the devastative wrath of US economic pressure if Turkey dares to attack the Kurdish allies America is leaving behind in its “long overdue” pull-out of troops from Syria.

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Turkey's foreign minister gave a stern warning that a military operation, to clear northern Syria of terrorists could happen at any time, regardless of the US withdrawal, which according to US defense officials, is pushing ahead.

In December, US president Donald Trump declared victory over Daesh and said US troops in Syria were coming home. No conditions, no qualifications. But then US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, made a list of public demands on Turkey before visiting the country, that the YPG terror group be protected as the US withdraws. The statement was harshly criticized by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. #TurkeyPresident #Turkey #UnitedStates

Is the United States staying or going? First, Donald Trump abruptly decides to pull out of northeast Syria - prompting the resignation of his defence secretary. Next, he dispatches his national security advisor to the region. John Bolton, in order to reassure Israel and the Syrian Kurds backed by Washington, starts to roll back the timeline for a pullout, as he seeks assurances from Ankara to safeguard the Kurdish-led Syrian forces the US has been training in its fight against ISIS. Subscribe to France 24 now: http://f24.my/youtubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 http://f24.my/YTliveEN François Picard and his guest panel debate the topic of the day. Viewers and web users can interact directly with the team using the #F24Debate hashtag. Visit our website: http://www.france24.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://f24.my/youtubeEN Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/France24_en

1-7 January 2019