What's a protester beat down between friends, amirite?

On Tuesday, security guards for Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan viciously attacked U.S. citizens in broad daylight in Washington, D.C.

In fact, Erdogan himself was seen in another video watching the entire melee from a nearby Mercedes, parked in front of Turkey’s embassy in Washington, D.C. Watch as he casually exits the car and retreats into the embassy.

Needless to say, the images and videos of United States citizens being brutally beaten by agents of a foreign government on U.S. soil have ignited a firestorm. John McCain told the Morning Joe crew the Turkish ambassador should be “thrown the hell out of this country” and said the attackers should be identified and charged:

x Turkish security guards' attack on peaceful protesters this wk was a despicable display of thuggery & repression - absolutely unacceptable pic.twitter.com/NQL0KychH4 — John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) May 18, 2017

One of the victims of the attack is New Jersey resident Ceren Borazan. She was strangled, punched and kicked by Erdogan’s personal guards:

"My Kurdish friends and allies were protesting peacefully against Erdogan being in Washington when were suddenly attacked by a group of Erdogan's official bodyguards and secret police," Borazan wrote on Facebook. "They attacked women, children and elderly with reckless abandon.”

Even with the video getting international attention and outrage mounting that this took place on U.S. soil against peaceful U.S. citizens exercising their constitutional right to demonstrate, Donald Trump has remained silent. Perhaps his most cowardly position yet. Borazan is now trying to reach Trump where Trump lives—on Twitter:

x Dear @POTUS I'm being attackd in this photo. I was assaulted by this man, strangled for protesting. Please help me find & prosecute this man pic.twitter.com/8KNfGGWamI — Ceren Borazan (@CerenBorazan) May 18, 2017

x All I want is justice! #ArrestErdogansBodyguards Ã¢ÂÂ Ceren Borazan (@CerenBorazan) May 18, 2017

x President @realDonaldTrump can you please speak up for freedom of expression and right of peaceful demonstration. #FreedomOfSpeech pic.twitter.com/vNQAmXReN0 Ã¢ÂÂ Ceren Borazan (@CerenBorazan) May 17, 2017

Will Donald Trump stand up for Americans and our constitutional right to demonstrate? Or will he cower and let Erdogan and his team of vicious thugs get away with violence on American soil? Is this how Trump plans to make America great again?