In case you aren't familiar with the saying 'even a broken clock is right twice a day', let me explain it to you.
It means that even dumb/silly people are sometimes right. My reference to the phrase implies that Trump was right. He was right about that particular point. I'm pretty sure suggesting that Trump was right, is giving him credit.
All that was intended by my comment was to suggest that just because Trump was right about one matter of foreign policy, it doesn't mean that he should be given a 'HD' in it. I was giving credit but not extending that credit as far as you would.
My apologies for trying to have a laugh in the process.
And the phrase does not give credit, it is more like saying the person is stupid or not capable but even a broken clock (see work broken) can be right twice a day. No one uses that phrase to give credit.