Erin Burnett Slams Trump’s Syria Decision: ‘It Could Not Get Better for Putin Today’

On Wednesday evening, CNN’s Erin Burnett ripped President Donald Trump for his abrupt announcement — via Twitter — that he is withdrawing troops from Syria.

Trump’s “announcing he’s going to pull troops out of Syria, something Putin wants more than almost any other thing,” she said at the top of her 7 pm show. “It could not get better for Putin today. And Trump in a new White House video tonight sticking by his Syria announcement.”

She then pointed out that the president is now speaking out in a Twitter video but not Congress or the press.

“And he did it on a video,” she continued on. “He didn’t speak to the nation, he didn’t answer questions on the decision, he’s not answering questions from Congress, no, he hid away and put out a video.”

Then, after stressing that his own party was “livid” by Trump’s move,  Burnett had on Rep. Mike Turner to talk about Trump’s unexpected move and video she dubbed “propaganda.”

“So what do you make of this, that he announces this on Twitter?” Burnett asked. “And now puts out this video you heard, it’s a  propaganda video, he’s not talking to you, not taking questions from the media, he seems to be avoiding that altogether.”

Rep. Turner, a Republican replied: “To claim we have defeated ISIS is a dangerous overstatement to be sure.”

The Congressman then added, “This can certainly be a shift of tactics and strategy but that has to be worked out with a process and not just an abrupt statement of withdrawal.”

Watch above, via CNN

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