The meeting comes a day after President Trump said the conflict “has nothing to do with us” and the House voted 354 to 60 to condemn his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Kurdish-controlled Syria.

Mr. Trump also held a combative meeting with Democratic leaders in which he called Speaker Nancy Pelosi a “third-rate” (or “third-grade,” depending on the account) politician.

Related: The president again denied giving Mr. Erdogan a green light for the incursion, citing a letter in which he told the Turkish leader: “Don’t be a tough guy. Don’t be a fool!”

Another angle: Our correspondent in Istanbul reports that, despite global criticism, Mr. Erdogan is close to fulfilling one of his most important foreign policy goals: “Breaking the stranglehold of a hostile Kurdish militia on a vast stretch of the border, and the fracturing of the United States’ alliance with a group that Mr. Erdogan considers an existential threat to the Turkish state.”

The Daily: Today’s episode is about the effects of the U.S. withdrawal.

Blockade of impeachment inquiry crumbles

Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, is scheduled to speak with House investigators today, the latest in a parade of Trump administration officials to defy White House orders not to cooperate.