David Rhodes: Trump Is Completely Isolated on Afghanistan

‘I see this president as completely isolated on Afghanistan compared to his national security team’

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RHODES: "I see this president as completely isolated on Afghanistan compared to his national security team. There was this astounding NBC report of the meeting that happened in July where President Trump was comparing his generals to New York restaurant consultants, who were giving him bad advice. He called for firing General Nicholson who I met, I covered Afghanistan for seven years. He is isolated on demanding that Congress deal with health care now. He's isolated demanding that we pull out of the Iran treaty, against, you know, Mattis and all these people -- he's isolated on Afghanistan. Mattis was reportedly so angry he had to sort of go out on a go out to -- I don't know, walk to work through this. I've never heard of a president acting this was in the meeting. So today’s meeting is even higher stakes. But again, he is ignoring his generals."

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