Strongmen who got cozy with Trump get the cold shoulder from Biden

The Biden administration has zinged Russia and China over human rights and alleged thuggery against their neighbors, cut off some arms sales to Saudi Arabia, and stiff-armed Turkey’s increasingly authoritarian leader.

President Biden has also snubbed altogether some of former president Donald Trump’s favorite global leaders. Trump invited Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to Mar-a-Lago, bantered with Polish President Andrzej Duda about building a “Fort Trump” to house American forces yanked from ally Germany, and showered North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with flowery flattery, a summit invite and a public...