https://talkingpointsmemo.com/prime/how-did-trump-let-this-happen

Aside from the national humiliation and breach of trust with allies, we have a remarkable development with President Trump’s sudden and still entirely unexplained decision to green-light a Turkish invasion of northeastern Turkey. President Trump had already entered the greatest crisis of his presidency to date. And yet, a few tut-tuts and misgivings notwithstanding, Republicans remained reflexive in their support. President Trump chose this moment to drive a massive wedge between himself and the overwhelming majority of his own party. At a critical moment he chose to open a second front … against himself.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/466395-pelosi-schumer-blast-flailing-trump-over-ceasefire-deal

Schumer and Pelosi added on Thursday that Erdoğan had “given up nothing,” while Trump “has given him everything.”

“ISIS is still a threat, certainly now more than before President Trump gave Erdogan the green light to invade Syria,” they said.

“The only beneficiaries of the President’s policies are our adversaries: ISIS, Bashar al-Assad, Vladimir Putin and Iran. Today’s decision further makes the argument that President Trump doesn’t see Putin as the danger he is to our country,” they continued.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/17/mitt-romney-raises-very-troubling-theory-about-trump-turkey/

It’s important to emphasize that this is speculation. But it’s also not that far-fetched.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/10/17/rick-perry-resigns-trumps-energy-secretary-amid-ukraine-probe/4012381002/

Can you imagine how different this narrative would sound if only Fox News and AM talk radio were broadcasting the news?