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Stuart G

(38,357 posts)
Mon Jul 1, 2019, 08:32 AM Jul 2019

Dan Rather, "The President is praising almost any autocrat he can find."

“History is watching through all this,” @DanRather says after President Trump praised Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman after cozying up to Putin and saying he’d meet Kim Jong Un.

(quote from 2 days ago, 6/29/19

“The President is praising almost any autocrat he can find.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dan-rather-donald-trump-g20-putin_n_5d17052fe4b03d61163bbde7?guccounter=1

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Dan Rather, "The President is praising almost any autocrat he can find." (Original Post) Stuart G Jul 2019 OP
I hate when they use terms like "autocrat" RAB910 Jul 2019 #1
Yes, you are correct. We all understand..."BRUTAL DICTATORS" Stuart G Jul 2019 #2
he wants to BE one Skittles Jul 2019 #3

RAB910

(3,445 posts)
1. I hate when they use terms like "autocrat"
Mon Jul 1, 2019, 10:07 AM
Jul 2019

They need to use simpler terms that more Americans understand like "brutal dictators"

Stuart G

(38,357 posts)
2. Yes, you are correct. We all understand..."BRUTAL DICTATORS"
Mon Jul 1, 2019, 01:18 PM
Jul 2019

That is a much clearer term. And we all could name a few.

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