Trump says the Kurdish PKK is more of a threat than ISIS but its a "semi-complicated, not too complicated if you're smart" issue pic.twitter.com/KojJdzjYPz October 16, 2019

At a press conference today with the president of Italy, President Trump declared that the PKK is “ probably worse than ISIS .”The PKK, which stands for Kurdistan Workers' Party, is a political and militant Kurdish organization in Turkey and Iraq. Their official goal has been equality and autonomy for Kurds.There has been no evidence that those who have been killed in Turkey’s offensive in Syria have been members of the PKK.During the conference with Sergio Mattarella, Mr. Trump repeated the lines of the Turkish government, accusing the Kurds of “not being angels.”"The PKK,” Trump stated , “which is a part of the Kurds... is probably worse at terror, more of a terrorist threat in many ways, than ISIS."Later in the conference, Trump continued, “ISIS respects PKK.”During his answer, he also stated that the US captured members of ISIS, “not the Kurds.” He then called on Russia to take control of the region.“I’m not going to lose tens of thousands of soldiers,” Mr. Trump continued, fighting a war between “Turkey and Syria.”: Video of the comments:: The White House has released a letter written by President Trump to President Ergodan telling him “Not to be a fool!” and to “make a good deal” with the United States.