The Latest: Trump welcomes Thai junta leader to White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the prime minister of Thailand (all times local):
12:35 p.m.
President Donald Trump is welcoming Thailand's junta leader to the White House.
Trump and first lady Melania Trump greeted Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and his wife at the White House south portico Monday.
The visit was a rare instance of a military ruler being greeted in Washington before even a nominal return to civilian rule. It comes three years after the prime minister seized power in a military coup, and days after the elected leader whose government he ousted was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison.
Human rights groups are outraged, but it gives a shot in the arm to U.S.