Trump crosses the line with praise of dictators

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It’s prudent to tread carefully around disagreements with an adversary whom we also need as a partner. It is imprudent and unacceptable, however, to endorse a rival nation’s misdeeds.

President Trump crossed that line with China this week, ignoring Beijing’s human rights abuses and territorial aggressions, while applauding the Chinese leader’s accumulation of power.

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