US says State Department support ambassador in Turkey
Earlier, Erdogan seemed to put the blame for the visa suspension controversy solely on Bass, a career diplomat scheduled to leave the country soon after being tapped by President Donald Trump to serve as ambassador to Afghanistan.
“If the ambassador acted on his own, then the US administration should not keep him there for a minute,” Erdogan said.
Nauert also disclosed Tuesday that a third US employee in Turkey was taken in for questioning but wasn’t arrested.