Probably, but it's all political and laughable to acknowledge a 100-year old genocide by a dethroned Empire while still supporting directly or indirectly the current ones going in Yemen, Palestine, and Xinjing.
1. It's good that the Armenian genocide is recognized
2. It's bad that other genocides are ignored
both statements can be true.
I don't see how recognizing the Armenian Genocide is laughable considering no other US president ever officially did so.
And to say it was done by a dethroned Empire is downplaying the role modern Turkey played in persecuting Armenians and continuing the policy of confiscation of Armenian Properties for decades, all the while spending millions of dollars lobbying, threatening and intimidating other countries and institutions to not recognize the genocide.
As a turk, i lived with people who deny any responsibility Turkey had all my life. It's almost insulting to call an important step to make a wrong right again, as laughable. This is a victory for Armenians that waited for the US to do this for way too long. The recognition of the US that their ancestors weren't just an unfortunate victim to war but were systematically wiped out is not a laughable matter.
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