Statement by President Donald J. Trump on Armenian Remembrance Day 2017

Today, we remember and honor the memory of those who suffered during the Meds Yeghern, one of the worst mass atrocities of the 20th century. Beginning in 1915, one and a half million Armenians were deported, massacred, or marched to their deaths in the final years of the Ottoman Empire. I join the Armenian community in America and around the world in mourning the loss of innocent lives and the suffering endured by so many.

As we reflect on this dark chapter of human history, we also recognize the resilience of the Armenian people. Many built new lives in the United States and made indelible contributions to our country, while cherishing memories of the historic homeland in which their ancestors established one of the great civilizations of antiquity.

We must remember atrocities to prevent them from occurring again. We welcome the efforts of Turks and Armenians to acknowledge and reckon with painful history, which is a critical step toward building a foundation for a more just and tolerant future.

He did not use the word Genocide?

He called it "Medz Yeghern"?

The ‘Exact Translation’: How ‘Medz Yeghern’ Means Genocide

see: http://armenianweekly.com/2013/05/15/the-exact-translation-how-medz-yeghern-means-genocide/

But he did describe it and placed it at Turkey's door.

Erdogan went totally ape.

We welcome the efforts of Turks and Armenians to acknowledge and reckon with painful history, which is a critical step toward building a foundation for a more just and tolerant future.

Turks??? Where? Who?

3 posted on 04/25/2017 8:59:24 AM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)

4 posted on 04/25/2017 9:01:18 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Islam, not a religion, primarily a totalitarian political ideology aiming for world domination.)

Yes. And “Medz Yeghern” (the Great Crime) has meaning.

The ‘Exact Translation’: How ‘Medz Yeghern’ Means Genocide

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3547218/posts

5 posted on 04/25/2017 9:11:21 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))

Do you not think Trump understands how untrue the statement is?

How better to poke it to Erdgoan in civil conversation.

Now Erdogan will explode and really look stupid. smile.

6 posted on 04/25/2017 9:12:56 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))

7 posted on 04/25/2017 9:13:18 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))

8 posted on 04/25/2017 9:19:46 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus (It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes - Joe Stalin)

Long time since I posted, but found this in my notes: Turkish Intellectuals Who Have Recognized The Armenian Genocide Ayşe Hür https://gagrule.net/turkish-intellectuals-recognized-armenian-genocide-ayse-hur/

9 posted on 04/20/2018 10:22:43 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))

10 posted on 04/28/2018 9:52:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)

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