Humiliating failure now looms, as symbolically damaging to US global standing and national self-esteem as Afghanistan or Iraq, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

Experts query ‘mix-up of priorities’ as president plays golf, posts old pictures and repeats details of Bill Maher feud

Humiliating failure now looms, as symbolically damaging to US global standing and national self-esteem as Afghanistan or Iraq, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon…

Meanwhile, Moscow is getting a boost from the war's early days after Trump eased sanctions on some Russian oil shipments.

The odds of a quick resolution to the war appear to be dwindling by the day, and the political stakes for the president are only growing.