The Former Presidency of Donald J. Trump, Volume XI: The Crypt Keeper Years

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I’m not an expert, just a guy who made a post once on an internet forum, but I’m gonna go with ASSK Was No Angel

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In 2018, a study estimated that more than 24,000 Rohingya had been killed in the preceding 12 months alone. Many died while being burned alive in their homes as entire villages were razed. Additionally, the study estimated that over 100,000 Rohingya had been beaten, 36,000 thrown into fires, and 18,000 women and girls raped at the hands of the military and the local militias.

Did our champion of peace and democracy do anything? No. To cover this up, Suu Kyi’s government has destroyed evidence, such as flattening burnt villages and mass graves, and has cracked down on the media. In 2017, two Reuters journalists were jailed by the police and were held for almost 18 months despite international outcry. Suu Kyi herself has largely ignored the genocide and humanitarian crisis her government has created, using positively Trumpian logic along the way:

• she stated tensions were due to a “climate of fear” because global Muslim power is perceived as “very great”
• she falsely claims that violence is happening on both sides
• she asked the US Ambassador not to use the word Rohingya because they “are not recognized as among the 135 official ethnic groups” of Myanmar