Trump Aims to Upgrade US-Egypt Relationship Status from “It’s Complicated”
Egyptian leader Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi was warmly welcomed to the White House on Monday, four years after he assumed power in a military coup. During a brief sit down in front of reporters, President Trump described his relationship with Sisi as “very close,” and added that the US was “very much behind” the controversial world leader. The new administration’s invitation and effusive praise for the former general marks a shift from the prior US president’s posture—at least optically. Sisi took power in Cairo in 2013, deposing…