Trump hasn’t Criticized Putin for Navalny Arrest; but Navalny is more like Trump
The meme du jour about the protests in Russia on Sunday is that Donald Trump did not criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin for arresting the protesters, including their leader, Alexei Navalny.
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