"I had several young Arabs from around the region tell me that when America lets its own leader get away with lying, hiding information and smearing the press or a political opponent, it is taken as a license by all Middle Eastern leaders, or the leaders of Turkey or Russia, to do the exact same thing and say: “See, the American president does it, why shouldn’t we?”" I bet that this never happened. I bet that he made it up. I mean, those young Arabs are not used to their leaders lying? Those Arab leaders never lied before Trump became president?
