Trump has personally betrayed the Kurds twice, once in each term, and the U.S. has betrayed them to horrific results, often, with ‘91 being the most vivid instance.
Trump also regularly lures people into negotiations in order to kill them.
That behavior has an expiration date. At some point people just don’t trust you, and behave accordingly, no matter how much power you have.
⭕️ The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) is a major center-left party in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, led by Bafel Jalal Talabani. On March 1, President Donald Trump held separate phone calls with Talabani and the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the two main political leaders of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
According to The Washington Post, which cited a senior PUK official, Trump made it “clear” during the calls that Kurds must “choose a side” — either with the U.S. and Israel or with Iran.
Washington and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are reportedly hoping Kurdish factions in Iraq could support separatist Kurdish groups based in Iran in opening a “second front” in western Iran to stretch Tehran’s forces and weaken its grip on governance.
Despite the pressure, the PUK in a March 4 statement called for a return to the negotiating table and stressed the importance of regional stability.
📌 The group’s President, Bafel Talabani told Fox News tonight:
➤ “Regime change, at the moment, doesn’t look on the cards from what I see. We’ve seen no uprisings anywhere. We’ve seen nothing of that. But it’s early days, I expect this operation to be long and very difficult.”
➤ Talabani said that “as far he has seen,” no Kurdish fighters have crossed the border, noting that most forces are stationed outside Iran along the Iraqi frontier.
➤ “I think the [Iranian] regime has been planning for this for 45 years. You can expect a fierce resistance,” he added.
➤ “Perhaps Kurds being the tip of the spear is not the way to go,” he said, reiterating his call for dialogue and de-escalation.
Watch the full Fox News interview 👇