The State Department and the White House have taken striking steps to push Myanmar to punish those responsible for the crackdown. And on Capitol Hill, Democrats and Republicans have rallied behind measures to increase pressure on Myanmar’s leaders. President Donald Trump has been largely silent on the Rohingya so far. We haven’t seen President Trump speak out for the Rohingya. “This is a massive case of horrific ethnic cleansing — and, some would say, a genocide,” Merkley told HuffPost.

Source: Huffington Post May 20, 2018 15:45 UTC