Trump's omnishambles foreign policy

Even when he does the right thing by accident, he does it poorly

President Trump.
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President Trump unleashed another blizzard of random chaos this week. In addition to plunging the nation into the uncertainty of a probable government shutdown — which absolutely tanked financial markets — Trump suddenly decided to start pulling troops out of Syria and Afghanistan, which apparently prompted Secretary of Defense James Mattis to submit his resignation.

Even when Trump is doing arguably necessary things (as in Syria) and unquestionably good things (as in Afghanistan) he does it in the most irresponsible way possible. Like everything about his presidency, his foreign policy is an omnishambles.

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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.