Did you hear the one about Donald Trump apologizing to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdoğan after Erdoğan goons beat up American protesters in DC? Well that is a thing that Turkey says happened even though the White House denies it. Who ya gonna believe? A White House that lies constantly or the dictator the White House has made no secret of loving?
Something else that happened is Erdoğan’s goons beating up American protesters on American soil. Again. Today. This time in New York.
From TPM:
BuzzFeed reported that Erdogan asked the crowd, following the disruptions: “Don’t let three to five impertinent people, three to five hall terrorists ruin our lovely gathering.”
Soon afterwards, Erdogan met with President Donald Trump, who lavished praise on Turkey’s leader, despite global condemnation of Erdogan’s heavy-handed crackdown on dissent in his country in the wake of a failed coup in July 2016.