El-Sisi Tweets Man-of-People Message as He Seeks to Calm Egypt
- Poor have been put back on rations roster, protesters freed
- Demonstrations were small but government is taking no chances
A supporter of Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi salutes during a pro-government rally in Cairo on Sept. 27, 2019.
Photographer: Mohamed el Raai/dpa via Getty Images
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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s time with the tweeter-in-chief wasn’t wasted.
Shortly after returning from meeting President Donald Trump at the United Nations last week, he took to Twitter looking to bolster a man-of-the-people image following rare protests in a nation reeling from an IMF-backed economic overhaul.