Mitsotakis spoke, but was Trump listening?

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis conveyed Greece's concerns about Turkish activities in the Eastern Mediterranean during his visit to the White House on Tuesday, both in person to US President Donald Trump during the meeting of the two delegations and publicly in front of the cameras, but he did not get the response he expected.

This is not surprising, especially given the "special relationship" between Trump and Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose behavior the American president not only tolerates but even appears to admire at times.
During their joint statements to the press at the Oval Office, the prime minister repeatedly tried to present Greece's positions and to intervene where he could, but the attempt to ensure public US support against Turkish transgressions did not seem to find any favor with Trump.

The American president's unwillingness to...

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