- 17 Jan 2018 05:34
#14880061
Trump's Insults Will Nudge African Nations Closer To China
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/ ... r-to-china
This is the shit I mean. While it makes you warm and fuzzy to call people names, however accurate, every statement has an impact, and long term, we're shooting ourselves in the foot (and by that I mean Trump is shooting me in the foot)
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/ ... r-to-china
Last week President Trump reportedly singled out Haiti, El Salvador and African nations as "shithole countries" whose people were not the kind of immigrants the United States wanted. At the time, I happened to be in Serekunda, Gambia's largest urban area, as Trump's slur shocked people across Africa. The anger was palpable.
Trump denied saying it, but the reports led to a cascade of swift condemnation, including a United Nations spokesman describing the president's comments as "racist." The African Union, an organization of 55 nations, expressed "outrage" and said it "strongly believes that there is a huge misunderstanding of the African continent and its people by the current [U.S.] administration."
But as the fallout continues, there is something missing from the conversation: Trump's alleged vulgar insult comes at a time of strategic shift in Africa — toward China. In the past few weeks I have been on the ground in West Africa, and everywhere I have gone I have seen the presence of China.
As America has become an increasingly unwelcoming place for young Africans, they look elsewhere in search of a better life. Last week I visited the Confucius Institute in Dakar, a huge building located on the grounds of Senegal's University of Dakar. I spent time with students from across Africa coming to learn Mandarin as a way to land a dream job in China or take a slice from the growing Chinese presence in every corner of the continent.
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This is the shit I mean. While it makes you warm and fuzzy to call people names, however accurate, every statement has an impact, and long term, we're shooting ourselves in the foot (and by that I mean Trump is shooting me in the foot)
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