Talk to Trump, Skip the Diplomats: World Leaders’ New U.S. Tactic
Heads of state are bypassing standard government processes and going to the president himself to discuss policy.
World leaders have found a new route to get a read on official U.S. thinking: straight to the top.
Increasingly, savvy leaders are bypassing the standard protocols and government processes of American diplomacy to go directly to President Trump himself, according to current and former officials, allies and foreign-policy experts.