Failed Afghan Talks Underscore Trump's Foreign Policy Setbacks

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Donald Trump took the presidency vowing to bring his deal-making savvy to American foreign policy, yet his love for grand gestures and personal diplomacy has fallen short with North Korea, China and the Mideast. Now Afghanistan can be added to the list.

In a series of tweets on Saturday night, the president dispatched with a secret plan to host Taliban and Afghan leaders at his Camp David retreat this weekend ahead of the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

He wanted to talk directly with Taliban negotiators, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said Sunday on CBS, one of five TV interviews. “I want to look them in the eye,” the president said, according to his top diplomat. (Trump felt only he, "the Great Negotiator", could get everyone to agree to his peace plan) “The president isn’t afraid to try and tackle hard problems whereas most politicians run away from them,” said Judd Deere, a White House deputy press secretary.

Pompeo defended the president’s setbacks as signs of strength. “It’s going to take more than words,’’ Pompeo said. “He walked away in Hanoi from North Korea, they wouldn’t make a deal that made sense for America. He’ll do that with the Iranians. When the Chinese moved away from a trade agreement they promised they would make, he broke off those conversations too.’’

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-09/failed-afghan-talks-underscore-trump-s-foreign-policy-setbacks?srnd=politics-vp

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1. His "foreign policy setbacks" are more like total foreign policy failures

This fucker has gutted the state department, diplomats are few and far between, and somehow he expects great results because "Art of the deal"?? Ugh...so sick of this reality show nonsense.

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2. When I was a kid

that type of 'diplomacy' was known as "take your ball and go home".