Talk:Donald Trump achievements: Foreign policy

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World Bank women entrepreneurs fund

President Trump announced the U.S. would give $50 million to this fund.[1][2][3][4] This was widely reported in the media, but I don't see any good reason to add it to the article. Besides, that money could be used to fund the wall that leftists and RINO Republicans say is "too expensive." --1990'sguy (talk) 15:07, 8 July 2017 (EDT)

Victory in Mosul

This is probably not appropriate to add as an achievement (and at the same time, it might be considered a military achievement), but Iraq, with U.S. help, retook Mosul,[5][6][7] and the Saudi king congratulated Trump for the takeover. It seems that at least some people are giving Trump some credit for this.[8] --1990'sguy (talk) 17:38, 14 July 2017 (EDT)

Misleading bullet item about "Meeting with 50% more foreign leaders"

The bullet point references a Breitbart item that lists President Trump meeting with 28 "foreign leaders" through July 6 vs. 19 for Obama. It notes that this excludes phone calls or meetings held around the G-8 or G-20, and "excludes Obama’s June 2009 meeting with Zimbabwe’s then-Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, since President Robert Mugabe held real power, and the position of prime minister was later abolished." It is further selective because it discounts Obama's trip to Europe and Africa: on July 7, Obama met with Putin, on July 8, Obama met with the Prime Minister of Italy, on July 9, Obama attended the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in L’Aquila, Italy; on July 10, Obama met with the Pope, and on July 11, Obama flew to Ghana. So, if we took today as the cut off point, the results would be significantly different. In any event, face-to-face meetings without results is not a good way to measure a President's "achievements", so this metric is both silly and mismeasured. Thanks, JDano (talk) 11:40, 17 July 2017 (EDT)