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> The alternative would have been "do nothing", skip the reputational hit and have yet another hellhole in the region.

This. Your logic could at least make sense with other US president, but not wanna-be dictator one doing lip service for all the authoritarians and dictators in the world. Not a good fit to fight for democracy.

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> doing lip service for all the authoritarians and dictators

It’s more than lip service.

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There is no left or right here. There is ultra right and right. Trump is a ultra right authoritarian ruler, and the Democratic party is just another right wing party. The left vs right is just a way for powerful people to have someone to blame. Please stop using these propaganda terms.