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    Why the President Praises Dictators

    In the pre-Trump era, American support for dictatorships was seldom matched by overt encouragement of authoritarian leaders. Things have changed.
    by Krishnadev Calamur Jan 13, 2019 2 minutes
    Source: Athit Perawongmetha / AFP / Getty

    Editor’s Note: This article is one of 50 in a series about Trump's first two years as president.

    In February 2016,Donald Trump that regularly took quotes from Benito Mussolini and attributed them to Trump. When whether he knew he’d actually been quoting a fascist dictator,

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