Trump invites Turkey to deny human rights, they oblige him

Here’s Donald Trump, providing world leadership.

Mr. Trump also said he would not pressure Turkey or other authoritarian allies about conducting purges of their political adversaries or cracking down on civil liberties. The United States, he said, has to “fix our own mess” before trying to alter the behavior of other nations.

So it’s clear that Trump wouldn’t do anything about this.

And just who is getting the “lock her up” treatment the Republicans are so anxious to bring to the United States?

About 60,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and teachers have been suspended, detained or have been placed under investigation since the coup was put down. ...

Turkey’s Western allies have expressed solidarity with the government over the coup attempt but have also voiced alarm at the scale and swiftness of the response, urging it to adhere to democratic values. …

“The current allegations of torture and ill-treatment of detainees and arbitrary arrests already point to serious violations of human rights...” 

Don’t you people have messes of your own to worry about? And besides, torture works. Expect Trump to shower praise on Edrogan just as he did Saddam Hussein.