David Greene talks with Amanda Sloat about President Trump's recent hard-line stance with Turkey which sparked an economic crisis for the country.

Amanda Sloat, Robert Bosch senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings, and Nahal Toosi foreign affairs correspondent at Politico, discuss how tensions have been simmering between the U.S. and Turkey, and how Turkey's refusal to release an American pastor hasn't helped. They also discuss the Trump administration's new sanctions and tariffs on Turkey, and why the deteriorating relationship is a problem.

The tense relationship between the United States and Turkey is reaching an inflection point. As the Turkish government has taken an increasingly authoritarian turn and made questionable foreign policy choices in recent years, Washington has tried to exercise strategic patience and engage Turkish leadership to resolve differences between the two countries. But that patience is wearing thin.

An earnest student in Boise recently asked me when you finally work it all out. Never, I replied, though you will get better at faking it.

Since the election, I have been speaking to smart and ambitious students across the country about their career plans. Many dreamed of national security jobs but now, on the verge of graduation, they face the daunting prospect of serving in an administration that holds values they don't share. As they question whether to pursue other options, I have encouraged them to answer the call to government service.