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KNK Reaction to US President Trump's Comments on Kurdish Groups

Wednesday, May 13, 2026
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KNK Reaction to US President Trump's Comments on Kurdish Groups

The Executive Council of the Kurdistan National Congress , the KNK , pushed back hard against some of the recent comments made by US President Donald Trump . He was talking about Kurdish groups supposedly failing to hand over weapons. Weapons allegedly supplied by the United States to those fighting against the Iranian regime during that whole US-Israeli mess with Iran.

It wasn't just a disaGreement. It felt bigger.

The KNK said Trump’s repeated remarks were dangerous. They worried this kind of broad accusation risked putting the entire Kurdish population under suspicion. It threatened those long-standing ties with the Kurdish-American community.

“Broad and generalized accusations of this nature,” the KNK stated. “They place all Kurds under suspicion. They undermine relations.” They called the allegations serious, potentially harmful.

They stressed that their affiliated parties and organizations hadn’t done anything wrong. They simply didn't have any info about these supposed transfers or withholding of weapons.

The whole thing started after Trump spoke at the White House on Monday. He expressed disappointment. Disappointment with Kurdish groups over what he called a failure to support the Iranian opposition militarily.

“The Kurds take, take, take,” Trump said. “They have a great reputation in Congress. They fight hard. They fight hard when they get paid.”

Those remarks seemed tied back to earlier things. Claims made by Trump during the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, starting back in late February. There were reports then, too, that the CIA was arming Kurdish groups.

But Trump later shifted things. He seemed to change his tune, telling reporters something different. “They’re willing to go in,” he said. But then he added, “I’ve told them I don’t want them to go in.”

Iranian Kurdish leaders, meanwhile, just denied receiving any weapons from the US to support anti-regime forces inside Iran. Straight denial.

The KNK responded directly to Trump. They urged the President to stop making these sweeping accusations against the Kurdish people. Instead, they asked him to name the specific group or entity he was actually talking about.

They also pushed for transparency. Any Kurdish groups that might have been implicated needed to address these allegations openly, before the public.

The organization kept reasserting their core position. The Kurdish people were fighting a legitimate struggle for freedom. They maintained diplomatic ties with international powers. They kept their independent will.

“We are not soldiers or instruments of any external power,” the statement insisted. They added that Kurdish groups stuck to their human values and their political principles, no compromise.

Trump’s comments hit right in the middle of something really sensitive in West Asia. Tensions involving Iran, Israel, and the US regional involvement—it all keeps reshaping the whole geopolitical landscape across the region. It’s messy. It’s moving fast.

Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board

Gree News Team covers international news and global affairs at Gree News. Our collective of senior editors is dedicated to providing independent, accurate, and responsible journalism for a global audience.

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