Welcoming a strongman to the White House, Trump said he is not aware of the Egyptian president’s effort to remain in power another 15 years.
By Anne Gearan Anne Gearan White House reporter Email Bio Follow April 9 at 5:21 PM Welcoming Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi at the White House on Tuesday, President Trump delivered a diatribe against what he called “bad laws” and a legal system that “never, ever rules for us,” venting over a recent appeals court decision that scuttled his attempt to stem the flow of migrants into the country.
Trump, asked about what human rights groups call a blatant power grab in Egypt, said he was unaware of it. “We are building a lot of wall, and we are being very strong on the border,” Trump said. “But we are bucking a court system that never, ever rules for us, and we are bucking really bad things with the Democrats in Congress not willing to act.”
“We have stood idly by and watched the basic tenets of democracy erode in a nation we consider to be an ally and partner,” Soltan wrote in The Washington Post ahead of Sissi’s visit. “Surely, we cannot hold the final nail in the coffin as Sissi hammers away.” “The president chooses his own words,” Pompeo replied. He sought to differentiate between “tyrants” and “authoritarian” leaders, while praising Sissi’s counterterrorism efforts in Sinai and “the way he held up religious freedom.” The administration was “asking [Sissi] to do better” on the issues Leahy raised, Pompeo said, “certainly with respect to [imprisoned] Americans.”
But Trump was not attending a gala dinner for Sissi on Tuesday organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which scaled back the event and rescinded some invitations on short notice last week.
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