Admittedly,
and very guardedly here too, perhaps , either it's not or it wasn't meant to be the easiest thing in the world to be married to President Trump, but she has survived as his Better Half, at least to date she has not been told : " You're fired"
(with immediate effect) .
Admittedly too,
there is a very compassionate side of First Lady Melania evinced by her advocacy of not separating immigrant children from their parents, families, at the US - Mexico border. Male and female created He them. If when people marry or get married, according to the Catholic Church, they become "one flesh ", then First Lady Melania is the gentler , more female side of - for lack of a better word, " the bulldozer" ( I'm sure that he would very much like being called that . The bulldozer....
Today's cold fact is that even before Melania Trump sets foot on Mother Africa soil, three African presidents have already been received by her husband, namely
(1) Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi,
(2) also at the White House, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari bone fide Black African, from South of the Sahara and president of numero uno, Africa's most populous nation , to discuss - "ways to enhance the strategic partnership between the two countries and to advance shared priorities, such as: promoting economic growth, fighting terrorism and other threats to peace and security. The meeting will further deepen the US-Nigeria relationship, as the United States considers Nigeria's economic growth, security and leadership in Africa to be critical aspects of their strategic partnership" ( according to a statement from the Nigerian presidency )
(3) About twenty four hours ago Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta landed in the United States America as a guest of honour of President Trump
Kenyatta received by Trump at the White House
# Focus on Africa : Kenyatta in US ( Trade between the US and Kenya amounted to $ 1 billion, last year)
Wholly or "partially", who should take credit for the wind of change that's moving Trump's relations with Africa and by extension, Africans? There are several candidates lined up to take credit: Of course, the Mighty Trump himself, his stable of various think tanks , economic and political advisers, his Secretary of State, the various American Ambassadors, Embassies and other diplomatic missions in Africa who help shape Trump's Africa Policy – and that includes big businessmen CEOs, investors , investment bankers with a sharp eye for making a profit, those who know, who may criticize and advise and are listened to – such as Grant T. Harris – ( I listened to him on the BBC yesterday) they must valiantly stand up to be counted , they are the ones who take the responsibility of facing reality when it comes to Africa , especially when the fear is that with China having invested $ 66 billion in Africa since 2005, and with China holding 70% of Africa's bilateral debt and 20% of all of Africa's external debts, that's a lot of Chinese influence and China is indeed poised and ready, on the brink of taking Africa over completely. Everybody knows this. Moreover, on the horizon, there's the messianic single market Africa, Continental Free Trade Area and its unimaginable consequences if and when when it really takes off.
But, fear of China aside, first and not last to take credit for the visit not Melania's but the African president's, not one but every member of "the African race", the only race in town, the mothers and fathers of all mankind and all civilisation even if some of them don't know where they came from, originally, before they emigrated from Gan Eden // The Garden of Eden....
Just to make sure , I asked Pa & Ma Google ( the almost omniscient) twice:
Which African heads of state visited the White House during Obama's presidency?
Did any Kenyan head of State visit President Obama during his presidency?
President Trump deigning to visit any of the shit-holes he had in mind when he made that awful statement would certainly not be a case of "Cutting off the nose to spite the face" - his nose, his handsome face, which reminds me of the late Ahmed Deedat ( D.D . doctor of divinity) joking about the litmus test of the Aboriginal Australians somewhere encountering the idea of a man being God. They asked the missionary, " Does he shit? Does he go to the toilet?" The missionary spokesman answered, " Yes". The tribesmen retorted, " Q.E.D: Then he can't be GOD!" Their definition of God is "the One without an anus - the One without any flaw" ( Cf. Atnatu, the Unique God of Aboriginal Australians )
Talking about tribesmen, for a long time tribally thinking African mind had thought ( suspected) that tribalism was at work and perhaps at the core of Brother Obama not inviting Uhuru Kenyatta to the White House because during his ten years occupancy of White House : Face facts, after all Kenyatta is Kikuyu, whereas Brother Obama is Luo, the First Luo president of the United States of America - or if you like , the first " Luo-American" and that's with due respect to his birth certificate, a potent consideration when you bear in mind that back there in Kenya there is an eternal tug of war between the Kikuyu and the Luo who are their political rivals, some even say , their "arch enemies". So we must give praise where praise is due : Praise President Trump for inviting Uhuru to break bread with him at the White House.
Question for Trump : will he ever have e.g. Keb' Mo at the White House …?
An eye opener CGTN Africa ( China) : Talk Africa:A conversation with President Uhuru Kenyatta
My only fear is the consequence and outcome of any military clash between the US and China, in Africa. For over a decade now we have been hearing that Africom otherwise known as United States Africa Command has been expanding, but we haven't heard anything about their foreign counterparts. Sure, where there is business or property, that too has to be protected - even under the guise of "war against terrorism" wherever it may occur or be occurring, at the horn of Africa, in North Eastern Nigeria, wherever....
And we did hear dear Kofi Annan caution with this African adage , " When elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers"
Balou Kanta - Mara
On Monday, 27 August 2018 09:56:16 UTC+2, Cornelius Hamelberg wrote:
A quick response to a Facebook posting in which I was tagged, about Melania Trump's proposed visit to Africa :
Considering Trump's ultra" America First" agenda ,we shouldn't expect Trump to be more genuinely enthusiastic about Africa or Obamacare, than Brother Obama was. Concerning any humble self-glorification taking "partial credit" for Melania Trump shuffling her feet in the direction of anywhere in Africa, there's the saying that "Pride goes before a fall" and for even those who have no pride at all, from that point of view (the "boy-boy" beggar's mentality) it shouldn't hurt too much that there are lots of important men and women of all kinds of important colours out there – close to Trump their Messiah – maybe have his ear/ her ear - holding their noses to avoid the stench, doing their advocacy and hoping to turn his attention to their shit-hole countries. First Lady Melania's proposed visit to Africa reminds me of a prominent English politician's reaction to Russia's Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space: he thought that it would be a good idea to send his wife away up there in space for a while...
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