President Donald Trump loves to praise "tough guy" world leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin and, more recently, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.This sort of tough-guy foreign policy is fragile because egos can be bruised easily.And when tough guys clash, normal people get hurt.Emily Tamkin is a freelance writer who has written for Foreign Policy, BuzzFeed News, The Washington Post, and Politico.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Last week, after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agreed to suspend attacks to "allow" Kurds to vacate the area in northern Syria from which the US had previously and unexpectedly withdrawn its military, US President Donald Trump heaped praise on Erdoğan. more âº