Early Warning Signs of Turkey’s Troubles with Trump

Harut Sassounian

BY HARUT SASSOUNIAN

The Republican and Democratic Parties will be holding their conventions later this month to select Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton respectively as their presidential nominees.

For loyal party members, the choice is very clear: vote for your party’s candidate. Yet, millions of other voters have a more difficult task in making up their minds. Unhappy with both major parties, some are contemplating to vote for an independent candidate, while others are considering to sit out the election altogether.

Armenian-American voters are also uncertain about their choice. In Mrs. Clinton’s case, many are highly disappointed at her failure to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide when she was Secretary of State, calling it “a matter of historical debate,”