{"id":13274,"date":"2019-10-08T11:50:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T15:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=13274"},"modified":"2019-10-08T11:50:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T15:50:24","slug":"pat-robertson-trump-risk-losing-mandate-heaven-syria-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2019\/10\/pat-robertson-trump-risk-losing-mandate-heaven-syria-decision","title":{"rendered":"Pat Robertson: Trump Could Risk \u2018Losing the Mandate of Heaven\u2019 with Syria Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Televangelist Pat Robertson is being vocal about his disdain for President Trump\u2019s, sharing that he\u2019s \u2018absolutely appalled\u2019 by his decision to pull U.S. forces out of Norther Syria, endangering America\u2019s Kurdish allies.<\/p>\n

Robertson was one of many voices that slammed Trump after the White House announced that the U. S. will allow for a Turkish military operation in the war-ravaged region.<\/p>\n

In a recent statement, Trump argued that Turkey will assume responsibility for all ISIS fighters captured in the region, many of who were detained by Kurdish forces allied with America, Mediaite reported.<\/p>\n

Despite the U.S. supporting them in the fight against ISIS, the Turkish government views these Kurdish militias as terrorists.<\/p>\n

Trump defending his position on Twitter, boisterously promising his critics that \u201cif Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robertson not only stated that he was \u201cabsolutely appalled\u201d by Trump\u2019s announcement, he also warned that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan is a \u201cdictator\u201d and \u201cthug.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo say he\u2019s an ally of America is nonsense. He\u2019s in for himself,\u201d said the 700 Club host. \u201cThe President, who allowed [Jamal] Khashoggi to be cut in pieces without any repercussions whatsoever, is now allowing the Christians and the Kurds to be massacred by the Turks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robertson also said, \u201cThe President of the United States is in danger of losing the mandate of Heaven if he permits this to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here more of what Robertson had to say about Trump’s decision in the video below.<\/p>\n