'Where’s my favourite dictator?' Trump asked about Sisi: Report

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'Where’s my favourite dictator?' Trump asked about Sisi: Report
Incident happened at G7 summit in Paris last month, Wall Street Journal reports
 By MEE staff
Published date: 13 September 2019

Before calling Abdel Fattah el-Sisi a "good man" and a "great leader" during a meeting at the G7 summit in France last month, Donald Trump asked - referring to the Egyptian president - "Where’s my favourite dictator?"

The Wall Street Journal reported the incident on Friday, citing several witnesses who were in the room when the US president uttered the question, without identifying them.

While Trump may have been joking when he asked the question, referring to Sisi as a "favourite dictator" highlights the dire human rights abuses in Egypt as well as the White House's tacit acceptance of those violations.

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