Trump’s Africa Strategy: A Mix of Diplomacy, Exclusion, and Controversy
TL;DR
During a meeting with Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Donald Trump engaged in a bizarre exchange involving compliments, a sales pitch for a golf course in Senegal, and off-script remarks about Faye's appearance, which sparked online criticism and raised concerns about diplomatic decorum.
- Trump’s Talk With Senegal’s President Took A Weird Turn. Then Trump Made It Even Weirder. HuffPost
- Why Trump invited five African leaders to the White House BBC
- Trump wants to talk business with Africa in hopes of countering China. But a US summit excluded Africa’s big players CNN
- Trump’s African summit was a masterclass in modern colonial theatre Al Jazeera
- The US’s Africa Policy Is Now Crystal Clear. Its Success Is Not. Bloomberg
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