Was Erdo?an's gun gift a faux pas or an old-school diplomatic tradition?

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Was Erdo?an's gun gift a faux pas or an old-school diplomatic tradition?

When NATO leaders opened their gift boxes from the Turkish president and found a .357 Magnum revolver, some panicked and others laughed. But gifting heads of state lavish, personalised firearms is a tradition as old as Samuel Colt ? and as recent as a Czech pistol presented to Trump in 2019.
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