Klobuchar: Trump treats foreign policy ‘like some kind of game show’

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), a 2020 presidential contender, hit President Trump over his announcement he had canceled a secret meeting with Taliban and Afghanistan leaders at Camp David. 

“It is another example of the president treating foreign policy like some kind of game show. It’s not a game show, these are terrorists,” Klobuchar said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” 

Trump announced Saturday on Twitter that he had canceled a meeting with the organization that that had secretly been planned to take place at Camp David ahead of the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. 

“Like so many leaders I spent last night trying to figure out the meaning on the president’s tweet. To me this is just no way to conduct foreign policy,” Klobuchar said.

Amy Klobuchar on President Trump’s handling of Afghan peace talks with the Taliban: “The whole thing doesn’t quite make sense to me. And it’s just another example of the President treating foreign policy like it’s some kind of game show” #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/xAfHOil11L

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 8, 2019

Klobuchar said “we should” be negotiating with the Afghan government and the Taliban to end the decades-long war, but said Trump’s “hastily arranged summit which no one knew was happening” isn’t the way to go about peace negotiations.

“He didn’t even seem to have an agreement or close to an agreement when he set the summit. Then the excuse that’s used to end the summit and take it down is the fact that tragically an American service member died as well as other civilians. Then they keep negotiating after that happened, so the whole thing doesn’t quite make sense,” she said. {mosads}

The senator likened it to how Trump has dealt with North Korea. 

“He loves the showmanship. He wants to have that moment, but then all the details aren’t done and then we end up worse place on the world stage than we were before,” she said.