Trump’s foreign policy in spotlight after military withdrawals 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseUS politicians and international allies scrambled Friday to make sense of President Donald Trump’s momentous foreign policy decisions for Syria and Afghanistan — epic reversals that prompted Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to quit. “We are referring all questions to the White House,” one spokeswoman said when asked about the momentous Afghanistan withdrawal. By ceding Syria, Trump is also yanking a keystone of his own administration’s foreign policy: to push back against Iran, which supports President Bashar al-Assad and is seeking to expand regional influence. Trump’s withdrawal orders, meanwhile, rattled Europe.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 22, 2018 01:52 UTC