SCIUTTO: This morning, Turkey's President Erdogan is calling comments by President Trump's national security adviser John Bolton, quote, "a serious mistake." While in Jerusalem on Sunday, Bolton said that as part of the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, Turkey needs to agree to protect Kurdish forces who helped in the fight against ISIS, hundreds of them died in fact. That is a guarantee that Turkey says it is unwilling to make. Joining me now Arwa Damon; she is Cnn's senior international correspondent live from Istanbul, Turkey. So quite a difference here, of course, the president made his withdrawal decision on a telephone call with Erdogan, seem to make him happy, and now with the reversal, Erdogan not so happy.</s>ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Beyond not so happy, Jim, he's absolutely incensed it would seem, especially looking at the comments that he made earlier today, calling Bolton's remarks a grave mistake. Emphasizing the fact that he had spoken directly to President Trump on two occasions, saying that even though this administration does have a tendency and a history of sending out mixed messages that Turkey was at the very least going to take Trump's word at least at this stage. Here is some of the comments that Erdogan made earlier today, saying "we reached a deal with Trump, we are going to keep taking Trump as our reference point. We always kept our promises, we expect this from our allies." Turkey of course views that Kurdish fighting force inside Syria, the YPG that has been America's main ally is being a terrorists. And to effectively one and the same as the PKK with whom Turkey has been for decades at war, that being a Kurdish separatist organization. We also heard from the presidential adviser Ibrahim Kalin who met with Bolton while he was here in Turkey.
Turkey's Erdogan Slams Bolton's Comments on Syria