'President Donald Trump now knows what the British Empire, the Soviet Union and his post-9/11 presidential predecessors found out: staying in Afghanistan is terrible but getting out is hellishly hard,' writes StCollinson
His stunning revelation late Saturday that he had canceled secret talks at Camp David with the Taliban and the Afghan government sent shock waves through Washington that reverberated all the way to Kabul. Two days later, it's clear that the demise of the blockbuster summit could snuff out one of his administration's most promising diplomatic initiatives -- one that is crucial to the President's hopes of reelection in 2016."They're dead. They're dead.
In a broader sense, Trump's handling of the canceled summit threw a spotlight on his conduct of foreign policy.His apparent insistence that he should personally lead the deal making after a secret diplomatic process reflects a style of statesmanship that puts him in the spotlight but struggles to deliver big wins.
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