Summary: On The Gist, Trey Gowdy bows out. <br><a href="https://twitter.com/fmkaplan">Fred Kaplan</a> explains why foreign policy experts are concerned by the Trump administration’s move to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/disagreement-on-north-korea-policy-could-derail-white-house">renege on its choice of ambassador to South Korea</a> at the last minute. Kaplan writes the <a href="http://www.slate.com/authors.fred_kaplan.html">War Stories</a> column for Slate. He is the author, most recently, of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476763267/?tag=slatmaga-20"><em>Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War</em></a>.<br>In the Spiel, you know what they say: The president who claps the loudest pleases the crowd best.
