Praising government control
Suppression of speech
I'm going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money
We're going to take a strong look at our country's libel laws... a sham and a disgrace and do not represent American values or American fairness, so we’re going to take a strong look at that.
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Praising dictators
Putin
If he says great things about me, I'm going to say great things about him. I've already said, he is really very much of a leader... he's been a leader, far more than our president [Obama] has been a leader. ... he does have an 82 percent approval rating, according to the different pollsters....
Xi Jinping
He certainly doesn't want to see turmoil and death. He doesn't want to see it. He is a good man. He is a very good man and I got to know him very well.
Kim Jong Un
"At a very young age, he was able to assume power. A lot of people, I'm sure, tried to take that power away, whether it was his uncle or anybody else. And he was able to do it. So obviously, he's a pretty smart cookie."
Erogan
President Donald J. Trump spoke today with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey to congratulate him on his recent referendum victory
Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi
I will tell you, President al-Sisi has been somebody that's been very close to me from the first time I met him... And hopefully you like me a lot more... We agreed on so many things. I just want to let everybody know, in case there was any doubt, that we are very much behind President al-Sisi. He's done a fantastic job in a very difficult situation... And I just want to say to you, Mr. President, that you have a great friend and ally in the United States and in me
Rodrigo Duterte according to Harry Roque, a spokeman for Duterte..
[Trump] appeared sympathetic and did not have any official position on the matter and was merely nodding his head, indicating that he understood the domestic problem that we faced on drugs, the issue of human rights did not arise; it was not brought up... “President Trump specifically said he has always been a friend of the Duterte administration, unlike the previous administrations of the United States. He stressed that he can be counted upon as a friend of the Duterte administration