To the United States of America they just had Donald Trump as president but to Africa, they see "Mr Africa is a shit hole nation" is back. Remember when he made that statement at the white house in 2018. It was regarding immigration and in his new term of office he's very focused on dealing with immigration seriously.
But he is using a good tactics to handle US relations with Africa. Trump is more focused on making deals with nation leaders than dealing with international groups like the United Nations. Well if you think about it, it's a very efficient approach to ensuring that nations work together well because the leaders will determine what the countries do so he might as well go directly to them.
But I also see the approach having a flaw. It becomes a very centralized, non democratic style since it's only leaders that would be involved in decision making and not the majority of the people in the nations.
It pushes away human rights and democracy and we know these are very necessary in maintaining peace. Take Sudan for example, I hope things get better but you can tell that peace is almost unlikely as long as powerful allies from the Middle East keep fueling conflicts and each supporting different sides with both money and powerful weapons.
I don't know if Trump's decisions during this four year term in office could actually help countries like Sudan and Ethiopia find peace. I believe it’s possible, but it doesn’t seem likely that he would tackle the core issues that drive these conflicts. He would probably just make deals with individual leaders and it could be a temporary fix but might rekindle again with the slightest provocation from any of the countries at war.
Trump might want to play the peacemaker in a crisis, but there’s a chance these deals might leave Africa in a deeper mess. His moves are a bit shallow but it does the trick as long as both sides can maintain peace and be honest regarding the deals.
I think he would be able to maintain peace as you said
Indeed dear friend, let's all hope for the best in the future 🙏❤️❤️💯
So many changes politically just after Trump took hold of the office. Wow he is such a workaholic even after being such an old man amazing stuff.
yes indeed, when it comes to work it's no doubt Donald Trump is a guru and a hardworker
If he sticks to just making mutually beneficial (and respectful) deals, it might just work.
I get the impression that many African nations are totally fed up with Western countries tying everything to the American view of what idealised democracy and human rights should look like (despite the US's failings on those very topics) when all they really want is to trade on a level playing field.
It's why China and Russia have made such huge inroads into growing trade and assistance with a place that the US and France thought of as their possession. They are demonstrating that there is an alternative to paternalistic indirect colonialism.
you're very correct on this brother. I think Africans being fed up is a big point yes they really are
You know wht craziness can do to economy. It will destroy it. But let's hope for the best, there are some good facets about Trump too...
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