Opinion: In Africa, Trump’s Fate Is Worse Than A Laughing Stock, By Azu Ishiekwene
Even in Nigeria where Trump had a sizable following among evangelicals who believed Barack Obama was the anti-Christ , the U.S. president’s mismanagement of COVID-19 has left his reputation in shreds. And Nigeria’s president, whose encounter with him in Washington Trump once described in morbid terms, must be wondering who really needs a life now., also widely used elsewhere, American journalist, Anne Applebaum, described the pathetic meltdown of U.S.
Trump is making the Bush White House look like the golden era of U.S. exceptionalism. Africa is not laughing at Trump. The continent is ignoring him., was the companion of young wannabe millionaires. Or when his reality TV show was a favourite of millennials on the continent and those in diaspora. But they are not. These imprints from the Trump years created shock and consternation at first, then quickly gave way to sneering and laughter. Now, it seems some countries are no longer laughing, as Applebaum suggested in her article. They’re doing something worse: Ignoring Trump and his America.
How exactly do you handle a president who does not know the difference between bug and germ and microbe and yet would not listen to those who know? A president who, in spite of being surrounded by people who know, insists, with a straight face, that UV light, a bit of sunshine or perhaps ingestion of disinfectant, will make everything all right again?
Ghana has been quite exemplary in its testing, tracing and treatment, and even deployed drones in delivering test results from rural areas to some hospitals, at a time when deaths in the U.S. were mounting, tests lagging and yet Trump was locked in a bitter quarrel with China over what to call the virus.
This could be the moment when the continent rediscovers itself and redeems its shambolic healthcare system. The voices calling for China to pay reparation for its malicious negligence are as resonant and determined as those asking the continent to look beyond the U.S. to protect and save itself and its citizens. That is good.
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