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The State Department has been shut out of Donald Trump's calls with world leaders, raising concerns about confusion over U.S. foreign policy.

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U.S. President-elect, Donald Trump has filled out his list for core cabinet positions, including key names that will help push forward his vision for U.S. Click to read.

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Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former U.S. State Department Middle East analyst and negotiator in Republican and Democratic administrations. He is the author of The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President. X: @aarondmiller2

Former diplomat and Obama White House staffer Brett Bruen told USA Today: “We’re entering a dangerous territory of telephone games, where Trump is going to have private chats with foreign leaders, and they’re going to tell their teams one thing, and Trump is going to tell our national security team another.”

The problem isn't that Trump is talking to foreign leaders. The problem is that he's having private chats without coordinating with the State Department.