'Where's my favorite dictator?' Trump reportedly asked a room full of Egyptian officials

Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi.

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published 13 September 2019

Kim Jong Un must be jealous.

That's because it seems at last month's G7 conference, President Trump replaced him with a new "favorite dictator." While waiting for a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, Trump walked into a room of American and Egyptian officials and asked "Where's my favorite dictator?," several people who were in the room tell The Wall Street Journal.

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But Trump reportedly congratulated Sisi for earning an unbelievable 97 percent of the vote early last year, and in the months since, their mutual affection apparently hasn't faded. Trump reportedly called out the confusing question in a loud voice, and while witnesses say they believed it to be a joke, "his question was met by a stunned silence," the Journal writes. Read more at The Wall Street Journal.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.

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