It’s real. And appalling.

In case you missed it, this is the letter that Donald Trump sent to Turkey President Erdogan urging him not to attack our Kurdish allies after announcing that he was pulling our troops out of Syria.

He made this announcement without consulting or even warning the US military, the US Congress, or our NATO allies. He also did so without any actual plans for evacuation, placing our troops in harm’s way and requiring our soldiers to blow up millions of dollars in military hardware as they retreated.

It’s a real letter, I promise you. I was absolutely certain that it was a hoax, but the White House has confirmed its authenticity.

Erdogan launched his attack and began slaughtering our longtime Kurdish allies the very next day.