Article snippet: At a campaign rally in Dallas Thursday night, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan the same day. "Sometimes you have to let them fight," Trump told supporters at the American Airlines Center, referring to Turkish and Kurdish forces. "Like two kids in a lot, then you pull them apart," Trump said. Trump continued, saying that after Turkish and Kurdish forces "fought for a few days," that "we went there and we said, ‘we want a pause.’" Additionally, Trump referred to both sides as a "friend." Turkey is a fellow NATO ally of the U.S., and the Kurdish forces known as the YPG were vital in the fight against ISIS. " In return, Trump said that he would lift the economic sanctions that he placed on Turkey earlier in the week. Kurds. The president's speech came after top congressional Democrats lambasted him earlier Thursday for the ceasefire. In a joint statement, Speaker Link to the full article to read more