conceding this is how the vote went down. erdogan is claiming victory. he immediately declared another state of emergency. he's claiming the vote is a ratification of his efforts to basically become just an outright dictator in turkey. in the middle of that scary process in that big important country we got this readout from the white house yesterday. president trump had called president erdogan to congratulate him on his recent referendum victory. and the rest of the world was like, what? really? to congrat -- to what? because no other western leader in any other country in the world called the turkish president to congratulate him on his dictatorship referendum. there's a real question as to whether that referendum result should be seen as final or legitimate. so stupid or nefarious? is the new stance of the united states government to be congratulatory and welcoming to the world's newest dictatorship?