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The people of Turkey stood by him, just like people in Phillipines standby Duterte and Russians with Putin. It's not an insult, more like a statement of fact. If on Nov 8th the USA elects Trump as president then so be it. That's what they want too.

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> The people of Turkey have stood meekly by...

I'm sorry, but this is not a factual statement. Please stop.

Do you really think that it is that simple?

Of course not, but when the democratic process is used to vote in people who don't respect it there's not much you can do but respect the will of the people.

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