US Politics
A Ceremonial Embrace, A Democratic Betrayal: Analyzing Trump's Turkey Visit
President Donald Trump arrived in Turkey for a NATO summit and was ceremoniously welcomed by Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who was later informed the U.S. would lift sanctions on Turkey and consider selling F-35 jets. It is profoundly alarming to see the leader of the free world so warmly embrace an autocrat who has systematically dismantled Turkish democracy, raising grave questions about the prioritization of transactional geopolitics over foundational democratic principles.
