President Trump congratulates Egypt's President Sisi on election win: MENA

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Also: Egypt's Sisi wins 97 percent in election with no real opposition (Reuters)

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Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS APRIL 2, 2018 / 1:01 PM / UPDATED 12 MINUTES AGO

President Trump congratulates Egypt's President Sisi on election win: MENA

Reuters Staff
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CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump expressed his “sincere congratulations” to Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on his re-election victory in a call on Monday, Egypt’s state news agency MENA reported.

Trump said in the call that the United States was keen on strengthening strategic relations and continuing to coordinate on key issues, MENA reported.

Egypt announced on Monday that Sisi had been re-elected to a second four-year term with 97 percent of the votes.

Reporting by Omar Fahmy, editing by David Evans

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2. He got 97% of 41%

Since the election, like Russia's, was an obvious sham, the opposition boycotted the election. The vote was much smaller than in previous elections. Most estimates were that Sisi would have likely won an honest election (Egypt, like Russia, likes authoritarian rule), but by a small margin. But why take a chance when you can just kick your opponents off the ballot?