President Trump reaches to shake hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on May 16, 2017. In 2013, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey — a democratically elected leader with a clearly authoritarian bent — was facing credible allegations of corruption. Turkey’s leader successfully chipped away at the limited democratic constraints on his authority by politicizing the rule of law. This week, Trump called on Republicans to “take control” of the Russia investigation. Trump has also attacked his own attorney general, Jeff Sessions, for rightly and lawfully recusing himself from the Russia investigation.

Source: Washington Post January 13, 2018 17:37 UTC