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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""