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Donald Trump's Letter to Turkey

Donald Trump's Letter to Turkey

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Updated Oct 17, 2019 at 03:33PM EDT by Sophie.

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Donald Trump's Letter to Turkey refers to a letter written in October 2019 to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Turkey, from President Donald Trump, in which he urges Erdogan to make a "good deal" and threatens to destroy the Turkish economy. On Twitter, the letter was widely mocked and criticized by those who felt Trump's language was overly simplistic and inflammatory.

Origin

On October 16th, 2019, Fox Business Anchor Trish Regan[1] tweeted a copy of Trumps letter to Erdogan (shown below). The tweet received over 25,300 likes and 13,100 retweets in a day. The letter ends with Trump saying,

"History will look upon you favorably if you get this done the right and humane way. It will look upon you forever as the devil if good things don't happen. Don't be a tough guy. Don't be a fool! I will call you later."


1 of 1 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 9, 2019 His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of the Republic of Turkey Ankara Dear Mr. President: Let's work out a good deal! You don't want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people, and I don't want to be responsible for destroying the Turkish economy-and I will. I've already given you a little sample with respect to Pastor Brunson. I have worked hard to solve some of your problems. Don't let the world down. You can make a great deal. General Mazloum is willing to negotiate with you, and he is willing to make concessions that they would never have made in the past. I am confidentially enclosing a copy of his letter to me, just received. History will look upon you favorably if you get this done the right and humane way. It will look upon you forever as the devil if good things don't happen. Don't be a tough guy. Don't be a fool! I will call you later. Sincerely Anthary

Spread

On October 16th, 2019, New York Times White House correspondent Katie Rogers[2] confirmed the the letter is real in a tweet that garnered over 31,900 likes and 11,100 retweets in a day (shown below, left). That same day many people began sharing child-like letters and comparing them to Trump's letter. Twitter user @Pappiness[3] shared a parody of the letter which accumulated over 1,600 likes and 400 retweets in a day. Twitter user @ditzkoff[4] posted the trump yelling a lawn-mowing boy image with the caption "DON'T BE A TOUGH GUY! DON'T BE A FOOL! I will call you later." (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 6,700 likes and 1,000 retweets in a day.


Katie Rogers @katierogers Felt the need to ask WH if this is actually real and it is. 1 of 1 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 9, 2019 His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of the Republic of Turkey Ankara Dear Mr. President: Let's work out a good deal! You don't want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people, and I don't want to be responsible for destroying the Turkish economy-and I will. I've already given you a little sample with respect to Pastor Brunson. I have worked hard to solve some of your problems. Don't let the world down. You can make a great deal. General Mazloum is willing to negotiate with you, and he is willing to make concessions that they would never have made in the past. I am confidentially enclosing a copy of his letter to me, just received. History will look upon you favorably if you get this done the right and humane way. It will look upon you forever as the devil if good things don't happen. Don't be a tough guy. Don't be a fool! I will call you later Sincerely 4:29 PM Oct 16, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Nick Jack Pappas @Pappiness This letter from Trump to Erdogan is insane: 1 of 1 E R Tee Ps pof Ak ke me P Do Sn Anlshany l call you later 5:46 PM Oct 16, 2019 Twitter Web App Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff DON'T BE A TOUGH GUY! DON'T BE A FOOL! I will call you later. 4:50 PM Oct 16, 2019 TweetDeck

That same day, Twitter user @EricDKoch tweeted a video of "Trump's crazy letter as the Star Wars crawl" (shown below, right). The tweet garnered over 19,900 likes and 7,700 retweets in a day.



Various Examples


no more mr wife guy @TheSocietyDude Idk what everyone's complaining about, President Trump's letter to Erdogan seems fine 1 of 1 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 9, 2019 His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of the Republic of Turkey Ankara Dear Mr. President: 2VEKAY www iZILE Sincenely Ankthary 5:13 PM Oct 16, 2019 Twitter for iPhone mispronounced first name diaspora is spooky s... @morgan_sung trump's letter to erdogan is something else SAM THE FIRST NIGHT AT BED WHEN YOU LEFT CRYING RON MADE OUT WITH 2 GIRLS AND PUT HIS HEAD INBETWEEN A COCKTAIL WAITRESSES BREASTS. BOING AV 7:16 PM Oct 16, 2019 Twitter Web App Jack Lee Roberts @JackLeeRoberts Man... #Trump's letter to #Erdogan is just nuts!! From THE WHITE HousE AND AG PresIDENT DOALD JTrup DEAR ACagON I LiKE Yaur Do you L:KE ME YES Will you Stop kl tle CurlLS Yes No Yo WANT to .s nE Yes Wn Nou SEE M.K.e Yes I wFsht yau AftA work Do what I sy Not wht I SAID NO 2 NO NO HNO 5:03 PM Oct 16, 2019 Twitter for iPhone



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External References

[1] Twitter – trish_regan

[2] Twitter – katierogers

[3] Twitter – Pappiness

[4] Twitter – ditzkoff

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