In Trump's telling Erdogan no more arms for Syrian Kurds https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-tells-turkish-president-us-will-stop-arming-kurds-in-syria/2017/11/24/61548936-d148-11e7-a1a3-0d1e45a6de3d_story.html?utm_term=.bebc5d85ea76 we see Trump's personal strategy in action. Wing it without consultation. In that case without telling the Pentagon (allegedly), State, or the NSC before his telephone 'tweet'. The Kurds had the idea Kurds Fear the U.S. Will Again Betray Them, in Syria By TIM ARANGOSEPT. 1, 2016 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/02/world/middleeast/kurds-syria-turkey.html?_r=0 they would be get the short straw, again. ""In Congress, fears grow about lack of strategy on multiple battlefields""