Unpacking the dangerous ‘bromance’ between Trump and Egyptian dictator Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

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    14 days ago

    Don’t really get why the article pretends Obama had cold relations with Sisi when the coup took place under his watch. Obama continued to provide Sisi with weapons. The meeting optics are not that relevant. And Sisi was literally trained in the US.

    Politico 2014:

    Egypt’s New Dictator Was Made in the USA - The U.S. trained him and funds his regime. So why won’t Sisi listen?

    Also from the Zeteo article:

    Then came the 2016 race between Hillary Clinton and Trump. Clinton was known as a human rights hawk

    What does this line even mean?

    But the conclusion of the article is that Trumps administration gave Sisi a 10 million dollar bribe to finance his Egyptian campaign which got repaid afterwards am I getting that right?