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→‎Failures, 2018: This example seems very insignificant, particularly as it wasn't a public statement, but I'm fixing it nonetheless.
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*Lawder, David (April 21, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-imf-g20-wbank/world-bank-shareholders-back-13-billion-capital-increase-idUSKBN1HS0QS World Bank shareholders back $13 billion capital increase]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
 
*Lawder, David (April 21, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-imf-g20-wbank/world-bank-shareholders-back-13-billion-capital-increase-idUSKBN1HS0QS World Bank shareholders back $13 billion capital increase]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
 
*Mayeda, Andrew; Shankleman, Jess (April 21, 2018). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-21/world-bank-moves-closer-to-capital-boost-as-u-s-drops-objection World Bank Edges Near Capital Boost as U.S. Drops Objection]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved April 24, 2018.</ref>
 
*Mayeda, Andrew; Shankleman, Jess (April 21, 2018). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-21/world-bank-moves-closer-to-capital-boost-as-u-s-drops-objection World Bank Edges Near Capital Boost as U.S. Drops Objection]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved April 24, 2018.</ref>
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*July 2018—During the 2018 NATO summit, President Trump responded to claims by European leaders that they cannot guarantee commitment to increased military spending due to the possibility of parliamentary obstruction by fist-bumping Turkish dictator [[Recep_Tayyip_Erdoğan|Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] and stating that Erdoğan "does things the right way."<ref>Morgan, David (July 16, 2018). [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fist-bumped-turkish-leader-erdogan-said-he-does-things-the-right-way Trump fist-bumped Turkish leader Erdogan, said he "does things the right way"]. ''CBS News''. Retrieved July 20, 2018.</ref> Although Trump's intention was to motivate European leaders to increase military spending, this action is a failure because Trump implicitly approved of Erdoğan's power grabs, which are part of his efforts to transform Turkey into an [[Islamism|Islamist]] state.
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*July 2018—During the 2018 NATO summit, President Trump reportedly responded to claims by European leaders that they cannot guarantee commitment to increased military spending due to the possibility of parliamentary obstruction by fist-bumping Turkish dictator [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] and stating that Erdoğan "does things the right way."<ref>Morgan, David (July 16, 2018). [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fist-bumped-turkish-leader-erdogan-said-he-does-things-the-right-way Trump fist-bumped Turkish leader Erdogan, said he "does things the right way"]. ''CBS News''. Retrieved July 20, 2018.</ref> Although Trump's intention was to motivate European leaders to increase military spending, this action was a failure because Trump implicitly appeared to approve of Erdoğan's power grabs, which are part of his efforts to transform Turkey into an [[Islamism|Islamist]] state.
    
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