In comments made from the Oval Office as he sat beside Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Trump had had this to say: "The Kurds know how to fight, and as I said, they're not angels". You have to go back and take a look. "This is a complicated matter with lots of states at play, lots of non-state actors as well and we're working to try and find a resolution".
"We're watching and we're negotiating, and we're trying to get Turkey to do the right thing", he said. "They didn't do so well when they didn't fight with us". "Maybe they can do it without fighting", he said.
Trump - who told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call earlier this month that he would move U.S. troops out of northern Syria, giving a green light to the invasion - said the fight is "not our problem".
File image of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Trump also insisted that Erdogan's decision "didn't surprise me", saying the Turkish leader has "been wanting to do that for years".
"Withdrawing troops in northern Syria and greenlighting Turkey's brutal incursion gives new life to ISIS and hands over the keys to our national security to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, Iran, and Assad", said Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
On Monday, another senior official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Turkey's incursion had upended United States objectives including "the containment and expulsion of Iran". "Don't be a fool!" The US has previously acknowledged links between the PKK and YPG, but it has rejected Turkey's assertion that the YPG is an extension of the PKK.
Syrian government troops have tonight entered the mainly Kurdish city of Kobani, where American and Kurdish forces succeeded in driving out ISIS four years ago.
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On Sunday, after USA troops began withdrawing from the region and Turkish-led forces made gains, the Kurds agreed a deal with the Syrian government for the Syrian army to be deployed on the border to help repel the Turkish assault. Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Ankara to meet with Erdogan, Trump said on Wednesday.
Trump announced this week he is slapping sanctions on Turkey because he has determined its operation has been too harsh.
Trump mentioned his newly enacted sanctions and tariffs against Turkey as "a far greater" use of power. The US president has repeatedly warned Turkey not to "slaughter" the Syrian Kurds, promising to cripple the country's economy.
Ankara has vowed to continue its offensive, and has refused to negotiate with Kurdish fighters.
The UN Security Council meanwhile on Wednesday once more called on Turkey to stop its assault.
Over the past two years, hundreds of USA troops have visibly patrolled the strategic town, but they left earlier this week.
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