Erdogan threatens sanctions for two Cabinet members

Published August 4, 2018 5:12pm ET



Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to impose sanctions on two members of President Trump’s Cabinet as part of an ongoing feud over the detention of an American pastor.

“The decision to freeze assets of Turkish justice, interior ministers in the U.S. is illogical,” Erdogan said Saturday, per the Daily Sabah. “Turkey will also freeze all assets of the U.S. justice and interior ministers, if they have any.”

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