A series of African leaders have congratulated Donald Trump on winning the U.S. presidential election. They include the President of Guinea Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who said he was looking forward to bolstering ties between the two nations. ”May this new mandate bring peace and progress”, he said in a post on social media.
Similarly, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s president, Felix Tshisekedi, said he was looking forward to collaborating with America in the coming years. In a post on X, Tshisekedi said he was ready to ”deepen the strategic partnership” between the two nations.
Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu also expressed his willingness to work with the newly named president, proposing that the two nations ‘’can foster economic cooperation, promote peace, and address global challenges together’’.
Zimbabwe’s President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, also offered his well wishes to Trump, and said ‘’Zimbabwe stands ready to work with you and the American people to build a better, more prosperous and more peaceful world.”
Leaders from South Africa, Ethiopia and Somalia also offered their congratulations to Donald Trump.
The verdict of U.S. voters was more decisive than most pollsters and pundits had predicted. Now the world waits to see whether the election of Donald Trump as president for a second time will prove as destabilizing as many American allies fear. Trump secured his victory yesterday, Wednesday when he surpassed the 270 electoral college votes needed to win. In a victory speech before the official declaration, he vowed to “put our country first” and bring about a “golden age” for America.
Trump’s first term saw him insult and alienate many of the United States’ longstanding allies. His return to the White House, four years after losing office to President Joe Biden, has huge consequences for everything from global trade to climate change to multiple crises and conflicts around the world. Trump has pledged to ramp up a tariff feud with China, the United States’ growing economic and strategic rival. In the Middle East, Trump has pledged, without saying how, to end the conflicts between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah. He has also vowed to end the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours of taking office – something Ukraine and its supporters fear would be on terms favorable to Moscow. Stay tuned to www.globalafricantimes.com for more on how Donald Trump’s second victory will impact Africa.
