CNN: For Trump, a selective focus on human rights
When President Donald Trump traveled to Saudi Arabia last month, he danced with a sword and sipped coffee with the king, but made no mention of the country's political oppression or routine beheadings.
Sitting aside Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the Oval Office earlier this year, he eschewed any public lectures on widespread jailing of dissidents and journalists.
Sitting aside Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the Oval Office earlier this year, he eschewed any public lectures on widespread jailing of dissidents and journalists
And meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago in April, Trump declined to raise Beijing's crackdown on opponents of the government.
After those meetings, White House officials said Trump would not let differences over human rights impede upon his efforts to strike deals with autocrats and dictators.
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