US President Donald Trump , in a joint media appearance at the White House after meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took a swipe at him, quipping that the Turkish leader “knows about rigged elections better than anybody. ” The remark came as the two leaders met to revive strained US-Turkey ties and discuss key geopolitical issues, including the war in Gaza and Ankara’s stalled F-35 fighter jet purchase. “We’ve been friends for a long time, actually, even for four years when I was in exile, unfairly, as it turns out, rigged election,” Trump said, seated beside Erdogan in the Oval Office. “You know, he knows about rigged elections better than anybody.” Trump’s swipe comes against the backdrop of international criticism directed at Erdogan over democratic backsliding

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