Same reason Netanyahu pals around with Russian oligarchs. It’s never been easy to be Jewish in Russia, but again, strong men are about something else.
One of Erdogan’s biggest gripes = Islamophobia in Europe. Arguably Europe’s most anti-Islamic leader = Orban. And yet the mutual admiration society grows - because strong men leaders emulate each other and that trumps everything else.https://twitter.com/dimitarbechev/status/1192529743217856513…
-
-
-
a lot of the oligarchs are Jewish though
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
there is a worldwide coalition of authoritarian nationalist leaders who want 2 normalize the action of dominant populations being able 2 do 2 their non-dominant populations and/or underclass as they see fit w/o any neg consequences that desire surpasses all other differences
-
-
-
The use of “trump” there!
- 1 more reply
New conversation -
-
-
All these guys, Trump, Putin, Erdogan, Orban, Netanyahu are happy to work together against the liberal international order that constrains them But if they defeat it, the very next thing they are going to have to do is go to war against each otherhttps://twitter.com/marklowen/status/1192587454747942912?s=20…
-
-
-
No No NO! These two are the wanna be dictators that are the entrance requirement for Putins project of Eurasia. The pure dictator cabal needed to fight the sanctions Russia never wants to feel again. Chaos for the West...Chaos for the EU. Democratic unions are just NO good.
-
-
-
We should really stop calling dictators "strong men." They can't even take criticism
- 1 more reply
New conversation -
-
-
%100 right
-
