He’s seemingly trying to match Clinton’s efforts to appear presidential on an global stage.
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Donald Trump is again taking credit for predicting current events after he had announced that the cause of Saturday’s explosion in NY was a bomb before authorities had publicly said so.
Donald Trump will meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.
Clinton and Trump both spoke with Sisi about working more closely with Egypt to combat the Islamic State threat.
Reuters and CNN reported on Trump’s meeting with the Egyptian leader, citing Trump policy adviser Walid Phares and a campaign source, respectively.
Trump was not the only presidential candidate to endorse al-Sisi’s legitimacy on Monday.
Egypt’s Orthodox Coptic Church, a staunch ally of the president, has dispatched senior clerics to urge followers there to rally in support of el-Sissi.
Clinton, who would be the first female USA president, thanked Abe and praised him for promoting the “inclusion of women in the economic, social and political life of your country”. The meeting will likely highlight Clinton’s commitment to U.S. alliances in Japan and South Korea and the USA belief that it is up to China to do more to convince its ally in Pyongyang to turn away from its nuclear path.
Human rights rights advocates worry that, if elected, Trump would deepen US support for Sisi, who casts his regime as a bulwark against extremist groups.
Sisi assumed power following a coup against the elected Muslim Brotherhood government in Egypt in 2013.
She spent more than an hour locked in private discussions with the Egyptian leader, with aides later saying they had discussed issues ranging from counter-terrorism to human rights. Trump’s favorable rhetoric toward Russian President Vladimir Putin and past statements expressing ambivalence toward some North Atlantic Treaty Organisation commitments have become a flashpoint in the campaign.
The comments come as part of a sit-down interview with Erin Burnett, during which el-Sisi seemed to downplay a ban on Muslims entering the United States that, at times, served as a centerpiece to the Republican presidential nominee’s political rise.
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She also said it’s “important to address these threats”. Clinton is expected to meet Abe, Sisi and Poroshenko all on Monday.
