Wow.  What an incredible fabrication.  Comparing Trump to a despot in Turkey?  I guess Friedman realizes that the Hitler comparison is a bit tired.  Time to find somebody else who's got a bad reputation and wrap Trump up in comparison.  After reading the opinion, I do not finish sensing that I have a clue about what's going on in Turkey.  The divide into camps is superficial nonsense.  What exactly was the attempted coup about?  Who led it? What was the objective of those who led the coup?  Shallow media comments are bad for all.