Trump blows up the Camp David Taliban deal in public
Trump’s surprise cancellation of a secret Camp David meeting with Taliban leaders and Afghanistan’s president dominated Sunday’s foreign-policy coverage and made the administration look chaotic and unserious. The episode raised obvious questions about why such a sensitive summit was planned in the first place, why it was being staged so close to 9/11, and why Trump chose to announce the blowup on social media instead of through a controlled diplomatic channel.
First recorded Sep 8, 2019·Meaningfully updated Sep 8, 2019
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Trump blows up the Camp David Taliban deal in public
Trump’s surprise cancellation of a secret Camp David meeting with Taliban leaders and Afghanistan’s president dominated Sunday’s foreign-policy coverage and made the administration look chaotic and unserious. The episode raised obvious questions about why such a sensitive summit was planned in the first place, why it was being staged so close to 9/11, and why Trump chose to announce the blowup on social media instead of through a controlled diplomatic channel.
Trump’s surprise cancellation of a secret Camp David meeting with Taliban leaders and Afghanistan’s president dominated Sunday’s foreign-policy coverage and made the administration look chaotic and unserious. The episode raised obvious questions about why such a sensitive summit was planned in the first place, why it was being staged so close to 9/11, and why Trump chose to announce the blowup on social media instea…
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