Erdoğan is not a dictator yet but he’s evolving to one rapidly.
Trump became the first sitting US president to meet a North Korean leader in 2018 and then met him two more times, but failed to convince the young North Korean dictator to stop pursuing nuclear weapons.
In his New Year address, Chinese dictator Xí says the “reunification” of Taiwan with China is inevitable.
European Commission president Jean‐Claude Juncker was asked if he was bothered by sitting down with so many dictators.
But even dictators need to worry about their domestic standing.