Since Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ugly encounter with American President Donald Trump in the latter’s Oval Office in Washington DC on February 28, I have come to the conclusion that the American President is a bully who thinks nothing more of power than a tool for oppression. In the midst of Ukraine’s war with Russia, President Zelensky had visited Trump at the White House to discuss a minerals agreement and secure continued US support for Ukraine in her fight against Russia’s invasion. But about 40 minutes into the meeting and in front of dozens of cameras in the room, Zelensky found himself sandwiched between President Trump and his deputy, J.D. Vance, as they derailed the meeting and minerals deal and descended on their guest in an unprecedented public confrontation between an American President and a foreign head of state.
Trump, a supposed ally of Zelensky in Ukraine’s war with Russia following the latter’s invasion of the former’s territory, wanted Ukraine to agree on a ceasefire with Russia in order to halt hostilities and work towards a comprehensive peace deal. Trump, a known friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, suddenly came to the decision that Ukraine was to blame for Russia’s invasion of her territory. He then went on to tag Zelensky, the weaker party in the dispute, as a dictator! Nearly all of US allies, along with other global figures, voiced their support for Zelensky, with many issuing statements to rebuke Trump for his confrontational disposition.
Three months later, it was the turn of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to get the Trump treatment. In a pure case of ambush, President Trump, in the middle of a meeting with Ramaphosa inside the same Oval Office at the White House, called for the lights to be dimmed so he could play a video to back up allegations of genocide against white South Africans. A thoroughly embarrassed Ramaphosa sat mouth agape as Trump hauled at him allegations of racism and mass murder of white South African farmers. The South African President tried to push back on Trump’s assertion, admitting that there is “criminality” in the country but most of the victims are black, but Trump was neither persuaded nor convinced.
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The same Trump has engaged China, Canada and other countries around the world in unwarranted diplomatic rows, embarrassing his countrymen and almost subjecting them to ridicule in a tax war with China. A man whose successive marriage to three different women collapses is certainly the one in need of self introspection.
As it has turned out, Nigeria is confronted with the fate that befell South Africa at Trump’s hands with another unfounded allegation of genocide against Christians leveled by Trump against the Tinubu administration. The American president had Friday last week shocked the country with a post on X (formerly Twitter), accusing Nigeria of genocide against its Christian population. And while the populace was trying to come to terms with the bombshell from the blue, he made another post, threatening to invade the country with American soldiers “gun-a-blazing”. Related News Issues in the Trump threat (1) Trump’s threat of war against Nigeria Trump’s war rhetoric and the contradictions within
Ordinarily, news of American soldiers coming to complement the efforts of our armed forces in the bid to end the reign of terror that has been unleashed on the nation for more than one and a half decades should gladden the heart. But the antecedents of both Trump and America in such matters would be a cause for concern for any patriot. Similar interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other countries before now have ended in regrets for the populace. In most cases, the interventions are based on fallacies aimed at pursuing the selfish economic agenda of America.
In the case of Nigeria, there are already enough grounds to believe that the fate that awaits it in the event of an intervention would not be any different from those of Libya, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan where America had previously called the dog a bad name in order to hang it.
A more viable option would be that America supports our armed forces with cutting edge arms and other military equipment to help our soldiers in the fight against terrorism. But while Trump is not oblivious of this alternative, he finds President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ‘sins’ against him and the American nation too serious to be dealt with remotely. Observers say he has not forgiven the Nigerian President over his alleged support along with other democrats like French President Emmanuel Macron for Kamala Harris, the democrats’ candidate in the election that brought Trump into office, for fear that Trump as American president would be a veritable threat to world peace.
Added to the foregoing is the quiet economic revolution the Tinubu government is steering in Nigeria. If any country or head of state is in love with the strides in the nation’s economic sphere, it certainly cannot be America or Trump. Before now, the US had reaped bountifully from refining our crude oil and exporting same to our country to deplete our foreign reserves. But with the Dangote Refinery now in full operation and other indigenous ones coming on board, the nation no longer has to depend on the US for her fuel needs. This does not only mean a huge loss of revenue for the US, it is also a huge loss of jobs for its populace. Many US refineries whose survival depended on Nigeria’s crude are said to have folded up. Besides, the naira has stabilised and has continued to appreciate against the dollar.
It will be clear from the foregoing that Trump’s outbursts and threats against Nigeria are products of a frustrated mind.
Trump, a supposed ally of Zelensky in Ukraine’s war with Russia following the latter’s invasion of the former’s territory, wanted Ukraine to agree on a ceasefire with Russia in order to halt hostilities and work towards a comprehensive peace deal. Trump, a known friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, suddenly came to the decision that Ukraine was to blame for Russia’s invasion of her territory. He then went on to tag Zelensky, the weaker party in the dispute, as a dictator! Nearly all of US allies, along with other global figures, voiced their support for Zelensky, with many issuing statements to rebuke Trump for his confrontational disposition.
Three months later, it was the turn of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to get the Trump treatment. In a pure case of ambush, President Trump, in the middle of a meeting with Ramaphosa inside the same Oval Office at the White House, called for the lights to be dimmed so he could play a video to back up allegations of genocide against white South Africans. A thoroughly embarrassed Ramaphosa sat mouth agape as Trump hauled at him allegations of racism and mass murder of white South African farmers. The South African President tried to push back on Trump’s assertion, admitting that there is “criminality” in the country but most of the victims are black, but Trump was neither persuaded nor convinced.
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The same Trump has engaged China, Canada and other countries around the world in unwarranted diplomatic rows, embarrassing his countrymen and almost subjecting them to ridicule in a tax war with China. A man whose successive marriage to three different women collapses is certainly the one in need of self introspection.
As it has turned out, Nigeria is confronted with the fate that befell South Africa at Trump’s hands with another unfounded allegation of genocide against Christians leveled by Trump against the Tinubu administration. The American president had Friday last week shocked the country with a post on X (formerly Twitter), accusing Nigeria of genocide against its Christian population. And while the populace was trying to come to terms with the bombshell from the blue, he made another post, threatening to invade the country with American soldiers “gun-a-blazing”. Related News Issues in the Trump threat (1) Trump’s threat of war against Nigeria Trump’s war rhetoric and the contradictions within
Ordinarily, news of American soldiers coming to complement the efforts of our armed forces in the bid to end the reign of terror that has been unleashed on the nation for more than one and a half decades should gladden the heart. But the antecedents of both Trump and America in such matters would be a cause for concern for any patriot. Similar interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other countries before now have ended in regrets for the populace. In most cases, the interventions are based on fallacies aimed at pursuing the selfish economic agenda of America.
In the case of Nigeria, there are already enough grounds to believe that the fate that awaits it in the event of an intervention would not be any different from those of Libya, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan where America had previously called the dog a bad name in order to hang it.
A more viable option would be that America supports our armed forces with cutting edge arms and other military equipment to help our soldiers in the fight against terrorism. But while Trump is not oblivious of this alternative, he finds President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ‘sins’ against him and the American nation too serious to be dealt with remotely. Observers say he has not forgiven the Nigerian President over his alleged support along with other democrats like French President Emmanuel Macron for Kamala Harris, the democrats’ candidate in the election that brought Trump into office, for fear that Trump as American president would be a veritable threat to world peace.
Added to the foregoing is the quiet economic revolution the Tinubu government is steering in Nigeria. If any country or head of state is in love with the strides in the nation’s economic sphere, it certainly cannot be America or Trump. Before now, the US had reaped bountifully from refining our crude oil and exporting same to our country to deplete our foreign reserves. But with the Dangote Refinery now in full operation and other indigenous ones coming on board, the nation no longer has to depend on the US for her fuel needs. This does not only mean a huge loss of revenue for the US, it is also a huge loss of jobs for its populace. Many US refineries whose survival depended on Nigeria’s crude are said to have folded up. Besides, the naira has stabilised and has continued to appreciate against the dollar.
It will be clear from the foregoing that Trump’s outbursts and threats against Nigeria are products of a frustrated mind.
Three months later, it was the turn of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to get the Trump treatment. In a pure case of ambush, President Trump, in the middle of a meeting with Ramaphosa inside the same Oval Office at the White House, called for the lights to be dimmed so he could play a video to back up allegations of genocide against white South Africans. A thoroughly embarrassed Ramaphosa sat mouth agape as Trump hauled at him allegations of racism and mass murder of white South African farmers. The South African President tried to push back on Trump’s assertion, admitting that there is “criminality” in the country but most of the victims are black, but Trump was neither persuaded nor convinced.
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The same Trump has engaged China, Canada and other countries around the world in unwarranted diplomatic rows, embarrassing his countrymen and almost subjecting them to ridicule in a tax war with China. A man whose successive marriage to three different women collapses is certainly the one in need of self introspection.
As it has turned out, Nigeria is confronted with the fate that befell South Africa at Trump’s hands with another unfounded allegation of genocide against Christians leveled by Trump against the Tinubu administration. The American president had Friday last week shocked the country with a post on X (formerly Twitter), accusing Nigeria of genocide against its Christian population. And while the populace was trying to come to terms with the bombshell from the blue, he made another post, threatening to invade the country with American soldiers “gun-a-blazing”. Related News Issues in the Trump threat (1) Trump’s threat of war against Nigeria Trump’s war rhetoric and the contradictions within
Ordinarily, news of American soldiers coming to complement the efforts of our armed forces in the bid to end the reign of terror that has been unleashed on the nation for more than one and a half decades should gladden the heart. But the antecedents of both Trump and America in such matters would be a cause for concern for any patriot. Similar interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other countries before now have ended in regrets for the populace. In most cases, the interventions are based on fallacies aimed at pursuing the selfish economic agenda of America.
In the case of Nigeria, there are already enough grounds to believe that the fate that awaits it in the event of an intervention would not be any different from those of Libya, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan where America had previously called the dog a bad name in order to hang it.
A more viable option would be that America supports our armed forces with cutting edge arms and other military equipment to help our soldiers in the fight against terrorism. But while Trump is not oblivious of this alternative, he finds President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ‘sins’ against him and the American nation too serious to be dealt with remotely. Observers say he has not forgiven the Nigerian President over his alleged support along with other democrats like French President Emmanuel Macron for Kamala Harris, the democrats’ candidate in the election that brought Trump into office, for fear that Trump as American president would be a veritable threat to world peace.
Added to the foregoing is the quiet economic revolution the Tinubu government is steering in Nigeria. If any country or head of state is in love with the strides in the nation’s economic sphere, it certainly cannot be America or Trump. Before now, the US had reaped bountifully from refining our crude oil and exporting same to our country to deplete our foreign reserves. But with the Dangote Refinery now in full operation and other indigenous ones coming on board, the nation no longer has to depend on the US for her fuel needs. This does not only mean a huge loss of revenue for the US, it is also a huge loss of jobs for its populace. Many US refineries whose survival depended on Nigeria’s crude are said to have folded up. Besides, the naira has stabilised and has continued to appreciate against the dollar.
It will be clear from the foregoing that Trump’s outbursts and threats against Nigeria are products of a frustrated mind.
The same Trump has engaged China, Canada and other countries around the world in unwarranted diplomatic rows, embarrassing his countrymen and almost subjecting them to ridicule in a tax war with China. A man whose successive marriage to three different women collapses is certainly the one in need of self introspection.
As it has turned out, Nigeria is confronted with the fate that befell South Africa at Trump’s hands with another unfounded allegation of genocide against Christians leveled by Trump against the Tinubu administration. The American president had Friday last week shocked the country with a post on X (formerly Twitter), accusing Nigeria of genocide against its Christian population. And while the populace was trying to come to terms with the bombshell from the blue, he made another post, threatening to invade the country with American soldiers “gun-a-blazing”. Related News Issues in the Trump threat (1) Trump’s threat of war against Nigeria Trump’s war rhetoric and the contradictions within
Ordinarily, news of American soldiers coming to complement the efforts of our armed forces in the bid to end the reign of terror that has been unleashed on the nation for more than one and a half decades should gladden the heart. But the antecedents of both Trump and America in such matters would be a cause for concern for any patriot. Similar interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other countries before now have ended in regrets for the populace. In most cases, the interventions are based on fallacies aimed at pursuing the selfish economic agenda of America.
In the case of Nigeria, there are already enough grounds to believe that the fate that awaits it in the event of an intervention would not be any different from those of Libya, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan where America had previously called the dog a bad name in order to hang it.
A more viable option would be that America supports our armed forces with cutting edge arms and other military equipment to help our soldiers in the fight against terrorism. But while Trump is not oblivious of this alternative, he finds President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ‘sins’ against him and the American nation too serious to be dealt with remotely. Observers say he has not forgiven the Nigerian President over his alleged support along with other democrats like French President Emmanuel Macron for Kamala Harris, the democrats’ candidate in the election that brought Trump into office, for fear that Trump as American president would be a veritable threat to world peace.
Added to the foregoing is the quiet economic revolution the Tinubu government is steering in Nigeria. If any country or head of state is in love with the strides in the nation’s economic sphere, it certainly cannot be America or Trump. Before now, the US had reaped bountifully from refining our crude oil and exporting same to our country to deplete our foreign reserves. But with the Dangote Refinery now in full operation and other indigenous ones coming on board, the nation no longer has to depend on the US for her fuel needs. This does not only mean a huge loss of revenue for the US, it is also a huge loss of jobs for its populace. Many US refineries whose survival depended on Nigeria’s crude are said to have folded up. Besides, the naira has stabilised and has continued to appreciate against the dollar.
It will be clear from the foregoing that Trump’s outbursts and threats against Nigeria are products of a frustrated mind.
As it has turned out, Nigeria is confronted with the fate that befell South Africa at Trump’s hands with another unfounded allegation of genocide against Christians leveled by Trump against the Tinubu administration. The American president had Friday last week shocked the country with a post on X (formerly Twitter), accusing Nigeria of genocide against its Christian population. And while the populace was trying to come to terms with the bombshell from the blue, he made another post, threatening to invade the country with American soldiers “gun-a-blazing”. Related News Issues in the Trump threat (1) Trump’s threat of war against Nigeria Trump’s war rhetoric and the contradictions within
Ordinarily, news of American soldiers coming to complement the efforts of our armed forces in the bid to end the reign of terror that has been unleashed on the nation for more than one and a half decades should gladden the heart. But the antecedents of both Trump and America in such matters would be a cause for concern for any patriot. Similar interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other countries before now have ended in regrets for the populace. In most cases, the interventions are based on fallacies aimed at pursuing the selfish economic agenda of America.
In the case of Nigeria, there are already enough grounds to believe that the fate that awaits it in the event of an intervention would not be any different from those of Libya, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan where America had previously called the dog a bad name in order to hang it.
A more viable option would be that America supports our armed forces with cutting edge arms and other military equipment to help our soldiers in the fight against terrorism. But while Trump is not oblivious of this alternative, he finds President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ‘sins’ against him and the American nation too serious to be dealt with remotely. Observers say he has not forgiven the Nigerian President over his alleged support along with other democrats like French President Emmanuel Macron for Kamala Harris, the democrats’ candidate in the election that brought Trump into office, for fear that Trump as American president would be a veritable threat to world peace.
Added to the foregoing is the quiet economic revolution the Tinubu government is steering in Nigeria. If any country or head of state is in love with the strides in the nation’s economic sphere, it certainly cannot be America or Trump. Before now, the US had reaped bountifully from refining our crude oil and exporting same to our country to deplete our foreign reserves. But with the Dangote Refinery now in full operation and other indigenous ones coming on board, the nation no longer has to depend on the US for her fuel needs. This does not only mean a huge loss of revenue for the US, it is also a huge loss of jobs for its populace. Many US refineries whose survival depended on Nigeria’s crude are said to have folded up. Besides, the naira has stabilised and has continued to appreciate against the dollar.
It will be clear from the foregoing that Trump’s outbursts and threats against Nigeria are products of a frustrated mind.
Ordinarily, news of American soldiers coming to complement the efforts of our armed forces in the bid to end the reign of terror that has been unleashed on the nation for more than one and a half decades should gladden the heart. But the antecedents of both Trump and America in such matters would be a cause for concern for any patriot. Similar interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other countries before now have ended in regrets for the populace. In most cases, the interventions are based on fallacies aimed at pursuing the selfish economic agenda of America.
In the case of Nigeria, there are already enough grounds to believe that the fate that awaits it in the event of an intervention would not be any different from those of Libya, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan where America had previously called the dog a bad name in order to hang it.
A more viable option would be that America supports our armed forces with cutting edge arms and other military equipment to help our soldiers in the fight against terrorism. But while Trump is not oblivious of this alternative, he finds President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ‘sins’ against him and the American nation too serious to be dealt with remotely. Observers say he has not forgiven the Nigerian President over his alleged support along with other democrats like French President Emmanuel Macron for Kamala Harris, the democrats’ candidate in the election that brought Trump into office, for fear that Trump as American president would be a veritable threat to world peace.
Added to the foregoing is the quiet economic revolution the Tinubu government is steering in Nigeria. If any country or head of state is in love with the strides in the nation’s economic sphere, it certainly cannot be America or Trump. Before now, the US had reaped bountifully from refining our crude oil and exporting same to our country to deplete our foreign reserves. But with the Dangote Refinery now in full operation and other indigenous ones coming on board, the nation no longer has to depend on the US for her fuel needs. This does not only mean a huge loss of revenue for the US, it is also a huge loss of jobs for its populace. Many US refineries whose survival depended on Nigeria’s crude are said to have folded up. Besides, the naira has stabilised and has continued to appreciate against the dollar.
It will be clear from the foregoing that Trump’s outbursts and threats against Nigeria are products of a frustrated mind.
In the case of Nigeria, there are already enough grounds to believe that the fate that awaits it in the event of an intervention would not be any different from those of Libya, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan where America had previously called the dog a bad name in order to hang it.
A more viable option would be that America supports our armed forces with cutting edge arms and other military equipment to help our soldiers in the fight against terrorism. But while Trump is not oblivious of this alternative, he finds President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ‘sins’ against him and the American nation too serious to be dealt with remotely. Observers say he has not forgiven the Nigerian President over his alleged support along with other democrats like French President Emmanuel Macron for Kamala Harris, the democrats’ candidate in the election that brought Trump into office, for fear that Trump as American president would be a veritable threat to world peace.
Added to the foregoing is the quiet economic revolution the Tinubu government is steering in Nigeria. If any country or head of state is in love with the strides in the nation’s economic sphere, it certainly cannot be America or Trump. Before now, the US had reaped bountifully from refining our crude oil and exporting same to our country to deplete our foreign reserves. But with the Dangote Refinery now in full operation and other indigenous ones coming on board, the nation no longer has to depend on the US for her fuel needs. This does not only mean a huge loss of revenue for the US, it is also a huge loss of jobs for its populace. Many US refineries whose survival depended on Nigeria’s crude are said to have folded up. Besides, the naira has stabilised and has continued to appreciate against the dollar.
It will be clear from the foregoing that Trump’s outbursts and threats against Nigeria are products of a frustrated mind.
A more viable option would be that America supports our armed forces with cutting edge arms and other military equipment to help our soldiers in the fight against terrorism. But while Trump is not oblivious of this alternative, he finds President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ‘sins’ against him and the American nation too serious to be dealt with remotely. Observers say he has not forgiven the Nigerian President over his alleged support along with other democrats like French President Emmanuel Macron for Kamala Harris, the democrats’ candidate in the election that brought Trump into office, for fear that Trump as American president would be a veritable threat to world peace.
Added to the foregoing is the quiet economic revolution the Tinubu government is steering in Nigeria. If any country or head of state is in love with the strides in the nation’s economic sphere, it certainly cannot be America or Trump. Before now, the US had reaped bountifully from refining our crude oil and exporting same to our country to deplete our foreign reserves. But with the Dangote Refinery now in full operation and other indigenous ones coming on board, the nation no longer has to depend on the US for her fuel needs. This does not only mean a huge loss of revenue for the US, it is also a huge loss of jobs for its populace. Many US refineries whose survival depended on Nigeria’s crude are said to have folded up. Besides, the naira has stabilised and has continued to appreciate against the dollar.
It will be clear from the foregoing that Trump’s outbursts and threats against Nigeria are products of a frustrated mind.
Added to the foregoing is the quiet economic revolution the Tinubu government is steering in Nigeria. If any country or head of state is in love with the strides in the nation’s economic sphere, it certainly cannot be America or Trump. Before now, the US had reaped bountifully from refining our crude oil and exporting same to our country to deplete our foreign reserves. But with the Dangote Refinery now in full operation and other indigenous ones coming on board, the nation no longer has to depend on the US for her fuel needs. This does not only mean a huge loss of revenue for the US, it is also a huge loss of jobs for its populace. Many US refineries whose survival depended on Nigeria’s crude are said to have folded up. Besides, the naira has stabilised and has continued to appreciate against the dollar.
It will be clear from the foregoing that Trump’s outbursts and threats against Nigeria are products of a frustrated mind.
It will be clear from the foregoing that Trump’s outbursts and threats against Nigeria are products of a frustrated mind.