Since President Trump took office almost 18 months ago, commentators
have remarked on his apparent affinity for strongmen. As The Times
columnist Thomas L. Friedman commented, “Trump […] seems to prefer
dictators to our democratic allies everywhere.” To be sure, this doesn’t
mean that Mr. Trump can’t have acceptable working relations with
democratic leaders, such as President Emmanuel Macron of France. But, in
general terms, he seems more at ease with — and respectful of —
authoritarian leaders such as the presidents Rodrigo Duterte of the
Philippines, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt and, of course, Vladimir
Putin of Russia. In short, strongmen have the edge.
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