Turkey: Target of US Economic War

Turkey has taken the priest into custody on terror charges. US president donald trump earlier said he would double steel and aluminum tariffs on turkey. Steve Keen, a professor of economics at London’s Kingstone University, believes that Erdogan cannot be pushed around as he is as resolute as his US counterpart.The tensions between the two sides have sent the Turkish lira to an all-time low. In his speech, Erdogan appealed to Turkish citizens to exchange their dollars and gold into lira to help prop up the Turkish lira.