Trump hosts Thailand's junta leader at White House

President Donald Trump hosts Thailand's junta leader at the White House on Monday — a rare instance of a military ruler being feted in Washington before even a nominal return to civilian rule.The visit of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha comes three years after he seized power in a military coup, and days after the elected leader whose government he ousted was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison.Human rights groups are outraged, but it gives a shot in the arm to U.S. relations wi