October 18 "No Kings" Protest

Perhaps a coincidence, but made me think of this thread…

“… Trump on Monday praised the leadership of his Egyptian counterpart [president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi], whose rule is considered authoritarian by human rights groups.

“If he has crime, he puts it out very quickly,” Trump said. “Some people think that’s not nice. But I think that’s great, because people don’t want to be mugged and smashed and be stupid people.”

The former commander-in-chief of Egypt’s armed forces, Sisi led the 2013 coup against democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi. Under Sisi’s command as defense minister, Egyptian security forces carried out the the Rabaa massacre and other mass killings of civilian protesters. His 2014 election was marred by repression of his political opponents.

At a 2019 G-7 summit, Trump called Sisi “my favorite dictator.”“

 
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