Trump refrains from using 'genocide' to describe 1915 events
- US President Donald Trump did not label the Ottoman Empire's mass killings of Armenians as 'genocide,' differing from former President Joe Biden's stance.
- Turkey, under Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has historically denied genocide and opposed international recognition of the term.
- Critics claim Trump's omission signals US acceptance of anti-Armenian violence amid Turkish threats against the term.
- In 2019, both houses of US Congress recognized the Armenian genocide, stating it was a historical fact supported by evidence of 1.5 million deaths.
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday refrained from classifying as “genocide” the Ottoman Empire's World War I massacre of Armenians, a shift from his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, AFP reported on Friday.
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