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deminks

(11,014 posts)
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 04:09 PM Jan 2017

So, this explains why the orange dumbass went after CNN reporter

WATCH: Turkish president Erdogan lauds Trump for putting CNN reporter ‘in his place’

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/watch-turkish-president-erdogan-lauds-trump-for-putting-cnn-reporter-in-his-place/

While President-elect Donald Trump’s treatment of CNN reporter Jim Acosta has drawn plenty of criticism, at least one world leader has Trump’s back: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Per The Daily Sabah, Erdogan this week praised Trump’s decision to refuse to answer a question from Acosta, on the grounds that he and his network allegedly produce “fake news.”

Erdogan, who has severely curtailed press freedom in his own country, said that Trump’s treatment of Acosta was similar to actions that he has taken in the past against media critics.

“During the Gezi protests and PKK terror campaigns, the unit and solidarity of the Turkish nation were attacked,” Erdogan said of the international press while at a meeting at the Bestepe Presidential Complex in Ankara. “Those who carried out that game back then in Turkey have done Trump wrong.

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Look out, Pootey, Donnie has a new BFF. Or maybe it's a threesome. I don't want to go there.

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So, this explains why the orange dumbass went after CNN reporter (Original Post) deminks Jan 2017 OP
Wow, right out in the open and the righties ghostsinthemachine Jan 2017 #1
Us autocrats have to stick together! Eugene Jan 2017 #2
Well get the red out Jan 2017 #4
Re-defining an axis of Evil..........n/t dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #3
Turk Loves Jerk Blue Owl Jan 2017 #5
The world is being run by petty childish ignorant politicians GusBob Jan 2017 #6
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