James Jay Carafano,
Heritage FoundationTalk about dj vu! President Trump's response to Turkey's incursion in Syria brings to mind his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. On both occasions, his words wrought chaos and confusion. Then, as now, he would have done himself and the nation a favor if he had acted more deliberately from the start.If you'll recall, Trump's Helsinki press conference with Putin was hard to stomach. They joked around like fraternity brothers a display completely at odds with U.S. policy, which has no patience for Putin's record of destabilizing actions.
