One of the ways McMaster tried to persuade Trump to recommit to the effort was by convincing him that Afghanistan was not a hopeless place. He presented Trump with a black-and-white snapshot from 1972 of Afghan women in miniskirts walking through Kabul, to show him that Western norms had existed there before and could return.
Trump Backs a Surge into Afghanistan He's Unfit to Lead. It’s not simply his reversal—it’s that his record suggests he lacks the consistency to stay the course he’s charted.
All he cares about, long term, is lining his pockets at our expense and staying in the limelight. Good, bad, or ugly, all coverage is important to his tiny, fragile ego.