White House confirms Trump call congratulating Turkish leader

‘President Trump phoned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to congratulate him on winning a referendum that will grant the foreign leader broader powers, Erdoğan’s office and the White House said Monday.
Turkey said in a press release that Trump offered Erdoğan his congratulations and also thanked him for supporting the recent U.S. airstrike against the regime of Syrian leader Bashar Assad.
The White House released a read out of the call later Monday night, listing the same talking points.
Trump called the Turkish leader to “congratulate him on his recent referendum victory and to discuss the United States’ action in response to the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons” earlier this month, according to the White House.’
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