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it s not right, it s not appropriate to kill an american. it made no sense for the taliban to be rewarded for that bad behavior. all right. cnn s boris sanchez is covering these developments. what more are you learning about this canceled peace talk? reporter: for the decision to invite the taliban leaders to camp david for a meeting with president trump, it was decided upon at a meeting last week. president trump according to sources had become frustrated with the pace of these peace talks. he was putting intense pressure on officials to try to speed up the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. the president famously promising in the 2016 campaign to end america s longest war. and the president according to officials, felt it would be better to meet with them himself. there is still hope an agreement could be brokered with the taliban as the secretary of mike pompeo said this morning. listen to more of what he s
would have behind doing this? i don t think it s a distraction as i was saying. my suspicion is that trump has probably gotten cold feet because he is hearing from people like lindsey graham and john bolton this is not a very good agreement. i certainly would not conclude this is the end of the negotiations with the taliban. because remember, in may of 2018, trump said he was going to cancel his meeting with kim jong-un then three weeks later he showed up in singapore to meet with kim jong-un. part of the trump negotiating playbook. that he thinks that walking away from the table gained sol leverage. there s not a lot of evidence to indicate that s true. but that s trump s mentality. this may just be trump grand standing. so general marks, how do you see it? according to the new york times reporting, you know, this meeting is ultimately about drawing down these 14,000, you know, u.s. troops.
or even a condition of the drawdown of u.s. forces. you know, we are our demands have not been nearly tough enough. i think what s really happening here is not that president trump suddenly changed his mind because of an attack last week. it sounds like he s getting cold feet. so max, in your own opinion that you wrote in washington post today, you said disinviting terrorists from camp david seems like a good idea. it was appalling that he would have been considering hosting terrorists just days before the 9/11 attack anniversary. imagine what trump who excoriated president obama for negotiating with the taliban, would have said if obama had invited them for a sleepover. but trump s explanation for this cancellation as with most things, he saythings he says, makes little sense. is this another distraction? or what is the motivation he
meeting and called off peace negotiations. what kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position? the president is referencing a car bombing in kabul that killed sergeant first class ellis angel ortiz. ortiz was the 16th u.s. service member to die in afghanistan this year. his body arriving at dover, delaware, last night. and today on cnn, u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo defending the president s decision to invite members of the taliban onto u.s. soil and the president s ultimate decision to cancel the meeting. we ve been working on this for awhile. and it was the case when the taliban tried to gain negotiating advantage by conducting terror attacks inside of the country, he made the right decision to say that is not going to work.