Erdogan plays propaganda video for Trump, lawmakers during White House visit

Published November 14, 2019 2:57pm ET



A meeting between Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Trump, and congressional Republicans became tense when Erdogan pulled out an iPad and played an anti-Kurdish propaganda video.

According to Axios, Erdogan believed the clunky film, which attempted to paint U.S.-allied Kurds as terrorists, would help him win over support from those in the Oval Office. It did not.

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