President Trump has turned a central precept of American diplomacy on its head, embracing fellow leaders who abandon democratic principles.

When President Joseph R. Biden Jr. convened democracy summits at the White House in 2021 and 2023, he pointedly disinvited President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, a man he had once described an “autocrat” who deserved to be driven from office by voters.
On Tuesday, President Trump offered a much rosier assessment of the Turkish president, even as protesters filled the streets following the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, Mr. Erdogan’s chief political rival.
“A good leader,” the president said of Mr. Erdogan during a meeting of his ambassadors at the White House. He made no mention of the arrest or the protests.

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If he inspires governments to put on the big boy pants and stop illegals it would be a good thing. IMO the mass entry of alien illegals is the number one threat to the west's survival.