Trump calls Sisi "my favorite dictator"

Trump's remarks were heard by Egyptian officials in the boardroom, but no one reacted, the report said.

US President Donald Trump hosted President Abdel Fattah es-Sisi, who came to control with a coup in Egypt, at the White House, saying the relationship between them and Egypt was better than ever before.

"I think he's doing a very good job. He's a great president," Trump said during talks in the White House.

Mohamed Morsi, the country's first and only elected president who was ousted in a military coup by Sisi in Egypt in 2013, had been martyred in prison. (ILKHA)