These are the strongmen Trump has befriended since taking office
by Petra Cahill
LONDON — Some might call them strongmen. Some might call them dictators. President Donald Trump might also call them friends.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Philippines President (and self-confessed murderer) Rodrigo Duterte are among the world leaders Trump has invested time in during his first year in office.
Trump has also hosted less controversial foreign leaders, such as Japan's Shinzo Abe and Britain's Theresa May, for visits that included jocular press conferences and in some cases even golf.
He is also far from the first U.S. leader to break bread with an erstwhile foe; President Richard Nixon took the first step to normalizing relations with China by shaking hands with Chairman Mao Zedong, and President Barack Obama hailed a "win-win" nuclear deal between the West and Iran.
Read more at: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/donald-trump-befriended-these-strongmen-2017-n831391
How they phrase this article looks pretty bad. A president has to work in this world with other world leaders.
