Update: Trump Marks ‘One of The Worst Mass Atrocities of The 20th Century,’ But Avoids The Word ‘Genocide’

President Trump in a statement Tuesday used the Armenian phrase translated “great evil” or “great calamity” to describe the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. He did not use the word “genocide,” a term crucial for many Armenians but hotly rejected by Turkey. Read