This is a rare occasion when Trump did hold up his end of the bargain, generally shaping policy that was friendly to the dictatorship (e.g. releasing several billion dollars of frozen Egyptian money, for example). They are the rare entity who can say they absolutely got their money’s worth, and then some, out of their dealings with Trump.
It’s relevant though, because this was a bribe. If they got illegal contributions from Mister Rogers, there would have been no quid-pro-quo (or if there was, it would be benign), but Trump shaped policy to benefit the man he described as his “favorite dictator.”
