Trump: "I don’t want the Kurds involved in the war against Iran… the conflict is already complicated enough"

JH Kim

Summary

US President Donald Trump said he does not want the Kurds to get involved in a US-led military operation against Iran.
Trump said the war is complicated enough even without the Kurds getting involved, adding that the US has maintained a good relationship with the Kurds.
Trump had previously said he was "all for it" regarding the possibility of a Kurdish attack on Iran, but the latest remarks are being seen as a shift from his earlier stance.

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US President Donald Trump said he does not want the Kurds to get involved in a US-led military operation against Iran.

According to Walter Bloomberg on the 7th (local time), speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Florida after attending a repatriation ceremony for the remains of US service members at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Trump said, "We don’t want the Kurds involved," adding, "The war is complicated enough even without the Kurds getting involved."

He continued, "I don’t want to see the Kurds hurt or killed," adding, "We’ve maintained a good relationship with them."

Trump had previously said in a media interview that he was "all for it" regarding the possibility of a Kurdish attack on Iran, and the latest remarks are being seen as a shift from his earlier position.