The Washington Post journalist Aaron Blake included recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the list of 5 most undersold political stories of 2019.

Among the main most underestimated topics, the author pointed to an increasingly frank restriction of human rights in American foreign policy. He included three topics on this list: the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, protests in Hong Kong and the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

According to him, in all three cases, Donald Trump decided not to get involved, so as not to spoil relations with Saudi Arabia, with China - in the midst of a trade deal, as well as with Turkey.

"And finally has come the Armenian genocide issue. After Turkey’s attacks on the United States’s Kurdish allies in Syria and its increasing flirtation with Russia, Congress for the first time mustered the will to declare Turkey’s treatment of the Armenians a century ago to be “genocide.” It did so after decades and decades of refusal. But it didn’t do so before the White House repeatedly held up the process, apparently owing to Trump’s desire to maintain relations with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. And the administration has now said the Senate’s declaration doesn’t reflect its stance," the source noted.

The White House has repeatedly delayed the recognition process in Congress, apparently due to Trump's desire to maintain relations with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Now the administration has stated that the Senate declaration does not reflect his position, he notes.

Blake adds that Trump is not the first to do this, and his predecessor Barack Obama also did not recognize the Armenian Genocide.