President of the United States Donald Trump speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he wanted the expected ethnic cleansing of Kurds by Turkey to be done in a "humane way."
And he was mocked on Twitter and on MSNBC after arguing that Kurds aren't that strong of allies because they did not storm the beaches of Normandy during World War II.
With worries that Trump had green-lighted ethnic cleansing, he was accused of genocide on Twitter with the hashtag #TrumpGenocide.
Here's some of what people were saying:
I think its so important to rewatch this piece about the Trump Hotel and Turkey on Al Jazeera. This piece is two ye… https://t.co/XnAks5kadR— robin bell (@robin bell)1570657942.0
.@realDonaldTrump You have the blood of innocents on your hands! This massacre of our allies is all on you. Erdog… https://t.co/keBOmDapCw— IrishMason🌊🌊🌊🇮🇪🇺🇸☘️🦅 (@IrishMason🌊🌊🌊🇮🇪🇺🇸☘️🦅)1570653179.0
@realDonaldTrump THESE DEATHS ARE 100% YOUR FAULT!!!!!! #TrumpGenocide— Rebecca M. (@Rebecca M.)1570652871.0
Graham, Rubio, and the rest of you cowards are sending our allies to their deaths so Trump can personally benefit i… https://t.co/oqML15oom4— Neil Jacobs (@Neil Jacobs)1570653415.0
This should be happening at every single one of Trump's hotels right now. #KurdsBetrayedByTrump… https://t.co/vFww0OnE3z— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@Holly Figueroa O'Reilly)1570656051.0
Trump has no problem with ISIS terrorists going to Europe. Anyone who still supports Trump is against America and… https://t.co/uK2F8LMQ2x— Alex Cole (@Alex Cole)1570656589.0
Turkey begins the slaughter of civilians with tanks and cannons. #TrumpGenocide #TrumpMorrisonGenocide… https://t.co/xDXrPe3jio— John Moffitt 🌊🌊🧢🧢 (@John Moffitt 🌊🌊🧢🧢)1570649366.0
After 100 years of the Armenians & Syriacs genocides, Turkey is here with real fire and fury this time & with the s… https://t.co/l7mK3CUcE2— Hadeel Oueis 🇺🇸 (@Hadeel Oueis 🇺🇸)1570657806.0
What Trump has done now puts him on the level of Hitler, maybe worse. He should be immediately removed from office… https://t.co/LSWxuovydH— Michael K Johnson (@Michael K Johnson)1570655473.0
Don’t forget that Erdogan violently sicced his goons on Kurdish protesters on *U.S. soil* in 2017. This is the sam… https://t.co/Df7VAhSyz8— TrumpsTaxes (@TrumpsTaxes)1570659167.0
And all for the love of money. This is sickening! #TrumpGenocide https://t.co/ZWcJ6Zv8yK— Anita Hicks (@Anita Hicks)1570658824.0
Trump's message to the Kurds is clear: You're on your own. #KurdsBetrayedByTrump #TrumpGenocide https://t.co/qHmjW97efs— Swing Left (@Swing Left)1570656342.0
A Worthy FACT CHECK - Trump Org has 23 properties in Turkey - most in a country offshore #KurdsBetrayedByTrump… https://t.co/0uwGWZavUM— ★MrElias★ (@★MrElias★)1570657957.0
A smiling @FLOTUS gleefully digs with a gold shovel as the #TrumpGenocide begins. #KurdsBetrayedByTrump #BeBest https://t.co/tJD9plGQ0u— The Daily Edge (@The Daily Edge)1570656485.0
All these Republican Senators are voicing "concern" about how Trump is getting the Kurds murdered today – and yet i… https://t.co/mrPDUEsQ94— Palmer Report (@Palmer Report)1570655046.0
To every registered voter who stayed home in 2016, I hope it was worth it. https://t.co/nz3BpCZtLj #TrumpGenocide #KurdsBetrayedByTrump— John Pavlovitz (@John Pavlovitz)1570657660.0
@LindseyGrahamSC If only someone could have warned you that Trump was dangerous and if we elected him, he would des… https://t.co/Deg6PRjZF2— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@Holly Figueroa O'Reilly)1570658574.0
My wife keeps asking if I'm okay. I'm not. No one should be okay with what's happening. No one. #TrumpGenocide— Laura A. Van Vleet (@Laura A. Van Vleet)1570654204.0
