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Trump 'not concerned' with anti-Sisi protests as over 500 detained in Egypt
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US President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who has come under pressure in the face of protests calling for him to step down in Egypt.
"Everybody has demonstrations," Trump said on Monday while meeting el-Sisi on the sidelines of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in New York City.
"I'm not concerned with it. Egypt has a great leader. He's highly respected."
In a rare display of dissent, thousands of protesters on Friday and Saturday defied a de facto ban on demonstrations as they took to the streets in central Cairo and several other cities to call for el-Sisi's departure.
In the port city of Suez, security forces on Saturday clashed with hundreds of protesters, firing tear gas and live rounds as they moved in to disperse the crowd.
On Monday, a rights group said more than 500 people have been arrested across the country since the protests began.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...concerned-egypt-protests-190924052744456.html
That's our boy ! Haw, haw.......................haw.
Yeah- and the Egyptian one. Haw, haw................................haw.