A Fresno Armenian wrote an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump asking whether he plans to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

In her open letter published on Fresno Bee , Nazik Kotcholosian Messerlian says she listened to Trump's 2019 State of the Union speech, and at first was speechless.

“In the audience, during your speech, were honorees among whom were survivors of the Jewish Holocaust. As a young girl, I remember our labor camp Flaschenhals, near Stuttgart, was targeted to be relocated to a concentration camp. My impressions are still vivid. My sympathy and respect go to all of those who had perished and survived.

Hitler’s madness during World War II resulted in the loss of millions of lives. Soon after, the crime was officially recognized and condemned. Germany took responsibility of retribution. Eventually, a Jewish state and homeland was granted for the homeless people,” she wrote.

However, the first genocide of the century – the Armenian Genocide – was a calculated whitewash for the unpunished, criminal Ottoman Turks, and a coverup for present-day Turkey’s denialists, she said.

“Mr. President, you proudly talked about your heroic and resolute stance with North Korea, which according to you, has possibly changed the course of history.

Yet, Mr. President, you and your predecessors, for years have allowed Turkey to volley ridiculous threats of consequences, and flow of recycled bribed moneys. The powerful USA has been playing a shameful game. Well knowing the truth, the USA is yet, as a moral obligation, to acknowledge the 1915 Genocide. Ironically, Israel, whose people well know the pain of slaughter, but as a yo-yo friend of Turkey, is also silent,” she wrote. “On April 24, 2019, genocide victims will be remembered and survivors, if any, honored, just like you honored the 81-year-old Holocaust survivor during your State of the Union speech.

Come April 24, I hope we will see a new leadership of moral civility, fearlessness, even-handedness, and just spirit from you and your administration.”