...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
report on new timetable comes after Israeli official says Netanyahu asked Trump to slowly taper the withdrawal
| And thus we see President Trump’s process in action: he starts with a shockingly maximalist opening bid that immediately reshapes expectations, then allows himself to be persuaded to soften that position, possibly in exchange for favours now or to be defined later. Everyone feels like they’ve beaten him, but the outcome is a good deal closer to his original statement than it is to the status quo ante. In this case, everyone now accepts that American troops will soon be officially gone from Syria. |