Thread by @HeathMayo

For those scratching their heads on this, it isn’t hard. Let’s break down what happened here piece by piece.

First, Trump thought it was a good idea to invite evil Taliban leaders to the US the week of 9/11 in SECRET because he knew it would look TERRIBLE unless he got a deal...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1170469618177236992

So, as anyone with half a brain could have predicted, the Taliban are (surprise!) evil murderous thugs that killed one of our soldiers and 11 innocent people in advance of the sit down, causing the meeting to blow up in Donald’s face...

Then, to save face and do PR damage control for what surely would have leaked and been a disaster headline for the President around a failed peace talk—he’s now tweeting out this nonsense that it was some brilliant idea of his to cancel the talks...

Who in their right mind wouldn’t cancel the talks now?!? That’s not the question here — and Trump and the GOP politicians who are about to act like it is are playing you for fools when they do.

The reality is, this was a MAJOR blunder by the White House, first and foremost, for inviting the Taliban to US soil in the first place—much less Camp David. They aided and still defend the 9/11 attacks. They are evil and don’t deserve the dignity Trump bestowed on them.

But secondly, it’s an embarrassment for Trump. He thought the Taliban ready to negotiate. He trusted them—and then they killed our soldier and 11 innocent people.

He was wrong—dead wrong—as he has been with Kim & with Putin. He’s terrible at this. Period.

So, don’t let Republicans write this one up as “Oh wow—great decision to cancel those talks, Mr. President! You sure know how to play tough when they kill one of our soldiers! Good goin’!”

That’s pathetic. Have them answer the real question—and if they don’t, vote them out.