Trump bragged that dictators smile when they see him.

[DetlefK]

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/trump-praises-himself-for-making-dictators-smile-in-bonkers-anti-mueller-rant-outside-the-white-house/

“China and Russia and, try, North Korea, where I have a relationship,” he said. “You don’t have them testing nuclear anymore. Wait, wait. You have a man that was so happy to see me. That’s a good thing, not a bad thing. You have a man that doesn’t smile a lot, but when he saw me, he smiled, he was happy. You have a man, when I came into office, all he was doing before, under Obama, was testing nuclear weapons and blowing up mountains, and now he’s not doing it.

Can you imagine the outcry among Republicans if a democratic President had said that he makes dictators smile?

[SHRED]

1. They melted down over a tan suit

So there's that.

[CatMor]

2. They smile because they know ...

all they have to do is flatter him and they win.

[BigMin28]

3. He doesn't realize

They are trying not to laugh in his face. They know he is an ignorant buffoon.

[Ohiogal]

6. BINGO, BigMin28

[dalton99a]

4. Very, very happy

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. There's no more dangerous a combination than evil *and* clueless. nt

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

7. They smile because he's a gullible POS

[Act_of_Reparation]

8. Yeah, the same way I smile when I see an adult struggle to push open a pull-to-open door.

[MontanaMama]

9. They're laughing AT you, dumb ass...

Not with you. Fucking moron.

[marble falls]

10. He's too modest: they laugh their asses off.

[moondust]

11. He's helping to normalize them.

Of course they're going to smile and reward him. He's basically the first U.S. "President" to help promote and spread autocracy around the world and that helps their legitimacy among their own populations.

[MrsCoffee]

12. Ugg.

[Bettie]

13. Of course they smile

they know that he will happily do their bidding if they pretend that they like him.