Klobuchar criticizes Trump's explanation of the Taliban: "It's not a game show"

Senator Amy Klobuchar criticized Sunday the foreign policy style of President Donald Trump and questioned the explanation of why peace talks with the Taliban had been suspended indefinitely.

"For me, this is just not a way to conduct a foreign policy," said Democratic presidential candidate and Minnesota senator on CNN's "State of the Union" . "

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"Yes, we should negotiate with the Afghan government and with the Taliban to try to stop the bloodshed in this country that has been going on for decades."

Trump said on Saturday that he intended to hold peace talks with the Taliban and the Afghan government at Camp David, but that these had been suspended as a result of an attack by Taliban.

"The main objective is of course to bring our troops home, which I strongly support," she added.

"But he did not even seem to have an agreement or close agreement when setting the summit," Klobuchar said. "Then the excuse used to end the summit and suppress it is the tragic fact that a member of the US military service died, as well as other civilians." But then they continued to negotiate after that, until Saturday, so it does not really make sense. "

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that peace talks with the Taliban would end indefinitely after the Islamist militia recognized responsibility for a recent attack in which an American soldier had died. .

Sgt. 1st class Elis A. Barreto Ortiz, a paratrooper, was killed during the attack that Trump had tweeted last night had also killed 11 other people. The president said the Taliban had admitted the attack in order to create a "false lever".

Citing unnamed officials, the New York Times reported Sunday that the talks had been suspended because the Taliban were resisting US conditions and plans for the Camp David summit had been rushed.

"It's not a game show, it's terrorists," Klobuchar said. "The way he conducts foreign policy reminds me exactly North Korea. He likes the show. He wants to have this moment, but then all the details are not finished, and we find ourselves in a worse position on the world stage than before. "