When the second Donald Trump administration began, many worried that it would abandon America’s long-standing, bipartisan commitment to human rights around the world.

This was the concern during the first administration, too, but career foreign affairs professionals continued much of the day-to-day work that has supported human rights for decades.

This time around, however, President Trump’s team ousted or undermined anyone who might try to stay the course and has taken an even more nefarious approach. Rather than ignore human rights, the administration is twisting the concept in support of a political agenda that undermines equality, justice and human security in the world by reinforcing only the rights of the strong at the expense of the weak.

Two recent examples are particularly alar

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