BY PETER SCHWARTZSTEIN
PYRAMID SCHEME: In recent years, Egypt’s el-Sissi has moved closer to Russia because he views his American counterpart, Barack Obama, with distrust.
THE LIFE-SIZE cutout of Hillary Clinton looked lonely. On November 8, at the U.S. Embassy’s presidential election night bash in Cairo, dozens of young Egyptians gathered in a cavernous hotel ballroom to pose with a cardboard effigy of Clinton’s opponent, Donald Trump. Despite the New York mogul’s call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, Trump is popular here, at least among government supporters. So when the Apprentice star swept the American heartland for a shocking victory, many in the Egyptian capital cheered the result.