For most world leaders, tariff letters from US President Donald Trump mean a big headache. But for one Southeast Asian general, the communique is being spun as welcome recognition of the embattled, isolated and reviled junta he leads.

Myanmar’s military leader lauded Donald Trump and asked him to lift sanctions, the junta said today after a tariff letter from the US president believed to be Washington’s first public recognition of its rule.

The US State Department sanctioned the junta chief and others for using "violence and terror to oppress" Burmese people