Trump Isn’t the First President to Endorse Tyrants and Dictators

Published July 1st, 2019 - 07:32 GMT
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  Hand-written letters of praise. A sly joke about kidnapping dissidents. Photo-opps with tyrants. In the wake of the G-20 Summit and Trump’s meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, images of Trump bantering with and praising some of the world’s most notorious dictators are sparking widespread anger. “Trump embraces dictators and despots in deal-making G20 summit,” a CNN Analysis piece says, before arguing that Trump prefers negotiating with rulers untethered by democrati

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