3 Apr 2017 4:42 pm
A White House statement made no mention of a military and police crackdown in which human rights groups say Sisi has jailed as many as 60,000 of his opponents and in which hundreds have died.Human rights no big deal as Donald Trump meets Egypt leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
After years of being kept at arm's length by Washington, this White House is signalling that Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is being brought in from the cold.
Sisi is a human rights abuser to whom Trump pledged during last year's election campaign that the US would be "a loyal friend, not simply an ally, that Egypt can count on in the days and years ahead".
Despite harsh global criticism of how Sisi took and holds power, Trump considers the Egyptian leader to be a "fantastic guy".
He's a 'fantastic guy!'
I think much like Putin and Al Sisi, Trump would love to be able to kill his political opponents and members of the media.