Trump’s warning to Turks

US President Donald Trump has threatened to “totally destroy and obliterate” the Turkish economy.

He tweeted the warning after announcing the withdrawal of American forces from north-east Syria.

Critics condemned the move, saying it opened the way for Turkey to attack Kurds, the US’s former allies against Islamic State.

Trump said: “If Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the economy.”