MSNBC’s Mohyeldin: ‘Mind-Boggling’ Trump Went to Iraq and Didn’t Meet with Their Leader

‘He turned it into the mess that we saw yesterday’

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MOHYELDIN: “You talked about yesterday the president arriving in Iraq. At a time when this current administration is trying to put more pressure on Iran, what does the president do? He goes and completely disrespects the prime minister of Iraq by not meeting with him, keeping it to a phone call at a time when you really need Iraq as a part of your coalition to want to put up a little bit more pressure on Iran. What happens? All of the internal players of Iraqi politics pretty much condemn the president's visit, saying that it was a violation of Iraqi sovereignty. SO it's the president's own instincts that are to some extent hurting what he is trying to do in the region on a big picture level. So it’s just -- it's mind boggling that he had this opportunity to go and instead of going to meet with the leader, trying to shore up support, trying to convince the local populations why he is doing what he’s doing, he turned it into the mess that we saw yesterday."

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