Trump’s botched Turkey policy

Just fill in the blank, 'Trump's botched ___ policy.'

A “get tough” policy with Turkey was long overdue. Unfortunately, the Trump administration has botched the job. 

At least he did something, unlike his wet fish handshaking predecessor!

"Most of the blame lays at the feet of Turkey’s irascible President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has led a lurching foreign policy that has estranged all of Turkey’s traditional allies and most of its neighbors"

Trump's botched Turkey policy? More like Erdogan's botched policies.

There is blame to be laid on both sides. That said, a bit of historical recognition on behalf of the US might be useful. Russia and Europe spent several hundred years fighting over influence in Anatolia, after all, and after the West won, Trump seems intent on giving it away at an instant. Nobody will be pleased if Trump and Putin's intent become reality.

This helps the Russian Federation. Trump is helping build a Russian presence by backing out American support there.

This also helps by limiting our ability to intervene in Ukraine. botched is a misnomer.

Of the very few policies that Trump actually has, every single one of them is B-O-T-C-H-E-D! It's what he does!

BelrickAug. 20  08:37 pm JST

"A “get tough” policy with Turkey was long overdue. Unfortunately, the Trump administration has botched the job."

At least he did something, unlike his wet fish handshaking predecessor!

So it's better to do "something" and make the situation much worse than do nothing and let things continue the way they are?