After Waltzing With Trump, Egypt Must Get In Step With Biden Supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi dance and wave flags during a pro-government rally - Sayed Hassan/dpa via ZUMA Press
With Joe Biden, Cairo s relations with Washington are undergoing an uncomfortable reboot.
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CAIRO In the weeks leading up to and through Joe Biden s victory in the U.S. presidential elections in November, officials in Egypt s Foreign Ministry scrambled to prepare for one of the most consequential leadership changes in decades for Cairo s most important ally.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi struck a particularly close relationship with President Donald Trump over his four-year term, with the Trump administration offering vocal support for Sisi despite widespread documentation of human rights abuses and limited Egyptian foreign policy influence. Biden, on the other hand, has been critical of the cozy relationship and has vowed
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Under Donald Trump’s presidency, Egypt, as well as Saudi Arabia, Israel, the UAE, and other repressive regimes, had virtually free reign to commit unchecked human rights abuses without worry that they might be chastised or lose U.S. diplomatic and financial support. But when Joe Biden won the 2020 election, President Sisi of Egypt started to worry. That’s when he contracted lobbying powerhouse Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck for $65,000 a month.
The pro-Cairo lobby team includes a number of former politicians, including former Republican congressman Ed Royce, who chaired the influential Foreign Affairs Committee from 2013-2018. The most shocking PR agent for the Egyptian
Biden Should Stop Payment on U.S. Funds to Sisi’s Egypt (Image by CODEPINK)
By Ariel Gold and Medea Benjamin
Under Donald Trump’s presidency, Egypt, as well as Saudi Arabia, Israel, the UAE, and other repressive regimes, had virtually free reign to commit unchecked human rights abuses without worry that they might be chastised or lose U.S. diplomatic and financial support. But when Joe Biden won the 2020 election, President Sisi of Egypt started to worry. That’s when he contracted lobbying powerhouse Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck for $65,000 a month.
The pro-Cairo lobby team includes a number of former politicians, including former Republican congressman Ed Royce, who chaired the influential Foreign Affairs Committee from 2013-2018. The most shocking PR agent for the Egyptian regime, however, is Nadeam Elshami, former chief of staff for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. “It’s inconceivable that a man who spent his younge
When Biden won the election, Sisi of Egypt started to worry US aid to Egypt would be cut, so he hired lobbying powerhouse Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck for $65,000 a month.