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There are many undemocratic and repressive regimes around the world. Trump has professed his admiration for various of these leaders. You can't seriously attribute noble goals of supporting democracy to him. Also, shouldn't he then be doing this in many other places in the world?

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I like how we went from "international law" to "noble goals", I suppose that's pretty on point :)

> Also, shouldn't he then be doing this in many other places in the world?

No, I don't see how that would follow. I can choose to give money to a charity, but that does not mean I have to choose to give my money to all the charities in the world.

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