He has merely moved from a kinetic war footing to an economic one. That warning about destroying Turkeys economy.... how do people miss it? Are they stupid?
I see it as a brilliant move. No blood, no treasure, and the sword of Damocles hanging over Erdogan’s head.
Nobody missed it but I don't think it was a serious threat. His wording - "...if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!)..." - is more along the lines of a troll of the media and the critics of his Syria order than any sort of policy. It's like when he turned to Putin at that news conference and said, "Don't mess with our elections." Nobody took that seriously and it was obviously meant to tweak his critics. I think this Tweet is in that same vein.