Trump has become freer to turn his whims into policy — like, say, shutting down the government on the advice of Fox News hosts or pulling troops from Syria on the advice of Turkish autocrat.. ..…

On these grounds Syria might want to initiate negotiations with Turkey, Iraq and Iran to establish within the borders of Syria and Iraq, some kind of Kurdish territory. Russia would most likely prefer no Turkish Syria, for example, the occupation of Manbij, except would rather..…