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On Thursday, President Trump tweeted out a threat to levy “large sanctions” against Turkey for their arrest of American pastor Andrew Brunson on trumped of charges of espionage related to the recent failed military coup. Both ABC and NBC omitted the President’s efforts from their evening broadcasts and CBS seemed shocked that he would threaten a NATO ally in that sort of way.
President Trump was very clear in his Twitter threat, saying:
The United States will impose large sanctions on Turkey for their long time detainment of Pastor Andrew Brunson, a great Christian, family man and wonderful human being. He is suffering greatly. This innocent man of faith should be released immediately!
“President Trump tweeted today the U.S. will impose large sanctions on Turkey for detaining an American Christian pastor. That would be unprecedented action against a NATO ally,” announced anchor Jeff Glor during a fleeting news brief on CBS Evening News.
Bizarrely, Glor seemed more peeved by Trump defending an American citizen arrested by a totalitarian strongman than the “NATO ally” holding one of our citizens on trumped-up charges.
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