Reza AslanVerified account

Yeah, saying the world thinks of America as a beacon of freedom and reporting it as fact is pretty astonishing.

It's >NOT NORMAL< that he was even elected!

It's astonishing that American presidents support dictators?

He praised Sadam Husein too.

Unbelievably well said. Thanks to Anderson Cooper and continued condolences to Ottto’s family.

That actually is very normal. There’s a rich history of US presidents praising the worst despots in the world, but only when we’re allied with them. That’s the only determining factor. Hussein did his most heinous attacks with chemical weapons we gave him, he was “our guy.”

Not astounding at all.....Cooper's a hack just like you Reza.

Not really - Cooper is a biased hack

Yes it is. Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

Yep

And what about the bone-saw murderer, MBS?

And yet Anderson gets to keep his job

Amazing work @andersoncooper

True but also every US president has praised dictators /supported them if it suited their agenda, and condemned them if them they didn’t serve that agenda... Pinochet, Saddam Hussein (both praised and vilified) , Ali Reza Pahlavi, Gaddafi, Soharto, Mubutu Sese Seko