List of dictators supported by the United States

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In the United States history, there have been times when the United States government publicly supported or was accused of supporting dictatorships around the World.

Head of state or government Country Title Supported or accused by Year(s) Notes Ref
Saddam Hussein  Iraq President of Iraq  United States 1988 The U.S. military provided aid and support to Saddam Hussein's troops at the request of the then U.S. government. [1]
Pol Pot  Khmer Rouge Prime Minister of Cambodia  United States 1978–1989 United States President Jimmy Carter supported and aided the Khmer Rouge for half of his term,Ronald Reagan replaced Jimmy Carter throughout his term. They later denied it. [2]
Fulgencio Batista  Cuba President of Cuba  United States 1952–1958 The US government has been accused of supporting Batista to become president to control Cuba. The U.S. has rejected these arguments. [3]
Ngô Đình Diệm  South Vietnam President of South Vietnam  United States 1955–1963 The U.S. government supported President Ngo Dinh Diem throughout Diem's time in power until Diem was assassinated by the U.S. [4]
Muammar Gaddafi  Libya

 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

President of Libya  United States Around 2008s Although relations with Libya and the United States showed signs of deterioration when Muhammad Gaddafi took power, Gaddafi still exchanged some US government apparatus. [5]
Chun Doo-hwan  South Korea President of South Korea  United States 1979–1982 In February 1981, President Ronald Reagan welcomed South Korean dictator Chun Doo-hwan to the White House after Reagan's first inauguration one month ago. [6][7]
Ferdinand Marcos  Philippines President of the Philippines  United States Around 1970s–1980s The Reagan administration briefly supported Marcos' term from 1980 to 1986 before the Reagan administration began criticizing Marcos. [8]
Adolf Hitler  Nazi Germany Leader of Nazi Germany  United States 1935–1939 Before World War 2 began, both the United States and Western European countries supported Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union. [9]
Joseph Stalin  Soviet Union Leader of the Soviet Union  United States 1941–1945 After the Empire of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt brought America into World War II, expressing cooperation and aid to the Soviet Union and the Allies in the war on Europe. [10]

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  1. ^ Aid, Shane Harris and Matthew M. (2024-05-22). "Exclusive: CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  2. ^ "United States Policy on the Khmer Rouge regime, 1975-1979 | Genocide Studies Program". gsp.yale.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  3. ^ Thomas, Hugh (1987). "Cuba: The United States and Batista, 1952-58". World Affairs. 149 (4): 169–175. ISSN 0043-8200.
  4. ^ "Người Mỹ toan tính gì cho cuộc đảo chính Ngô Đình Diệm". Thư viện Nguyễn Văn Hưởng (in Vietnamese). 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2024-04-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Elshayyal, Jamal. "US officials 'aided Gaddafi'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  6. ^ "Chun Doo-hwan's bloody Gwangju legacy is America's problem too | Responsible Statecraft". responsiblestatecraft.org. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  7. ^ "The US Didn't Bring Freedom to South Korea — Its People Did". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  8. ^ Hawes, Gary (1986). "United States Support for the Marcos Administration and the Pressures that made for Change". Contemporary Southeast Asia. 8 (1): 18–36. ISSN 0129-797X.
  9. ^ "How did the United States government and American people respond to Nazism?". encyclopedia.ushmm.org. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  10. ^ "U.S.-Soviet Alliance, 1941-1945". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2024-04-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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