President Trump referred to a Kurdish journalist as “Mr. Kurd” during a press conference on Wednesday.
“Yes, please, Mr. Kurd, go ahead” Trump said in a press conference at the United Nations in New York while calling on a journalist. The Kurds are an Iranian ethnic group in the Middle East.
The journalist responded by asking Trump a question about what U.S. relations will be with the Kurds post-Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
{mosads}Trump replied that the U.S. gives considerable assistance to the Kurds, before saying that thousands of Kurds died fighting ISIS.
“We’re trying to help them a lot,” Trump said. “Don’t forget that’s their territory. We have to help them. They fought with us. They died with us.”
While Trump made news on a variety of topics, including Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation battle and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s future, it was the “Mr. Kurd” reference that many noted on Twitter.