Trump met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in NY during his visit to the UN General Assembly.
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Trump is also reportedly unpopular among Egyptians for his calls to temporarily ban Muslims from the United States.
Clinton’s announcement of her intent to meet Sisi, however, has been met with disapproval from human rights organizations, with Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth specifically criticizing Clinton on Twitter for meeting him.
Top advisers Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn joined Trump for the bilateral meeting. Clinton will also meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Sisi met with both Trump and Clinton, separately, in NY this week.
That was a dig at the proposals of Trump, who has said he would bar immigration from nations with ties to terrorism.
The head of news at Egyptian state television has been sacked after the channel mistakenly aired an old interview of the country’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.
The former officials say Trump’s overseas ties could affect the foreign policy Trump might pursue as president and seem to have “already influenced the policy positions he has taken as a candidate”.
Trump said in a statement that the meeting “highlighted how Egypt and the USA share a common enemy and the importance of working together in defeating radical Islamic terrorism”.
Trump, at the rally, blamed Clinton and President Barack Obama for the rise of ISIS and characterized her as weak and ineffective. The Russian leader is not expected to attend this year’s General Assembly.not expected to attend this year’s General Assembly.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday urged Israel to “write a bright page” in Middle East history and make peace with the Palestinians.
Egypt remains in flux after the country’s chaotic revolution in 2011 that deposed President Hosni Mubarak, a movement that the Obama administration supported.
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Since taking over, Sisi has overseen harsh crackdowns in Egypt, not just against Muslim Brotherhood members and sympathizers but also liberals and secularists hoping to see the Arab country achieve real democracy.
