US-Africa Relations: The Donald Trump Presidency

It is incontrovertible to allude to the fact that the election and emergence of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America has brought about some misgivings across many countries of the world with several implications for Africa. It is expected that there would be continuity in US-Africa relations in the areas of safety, security and counter-terrorism. Trump has been a consistent opponent of marriage equality in line with African culture while illegal African migrants would now find it difficult to move into the US. The administration is tilted towards re-negotiating American foreign trade deals that favor bilateral trade agreements (BITs) over multi-party agreements while the disposition of Trump would affect Africa negatively on climate change. The paper concludes that Trump's presidency is an admixture of good and bad omen for the Sub-Saharan Africa and recommended an urgent need for Africa to really look inward through purposeful leadership, embracing vibrant natural resource governance, curbing corruption and having the strong political-will to develop by depending less on foreign intervention.

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Adewale Kenneth Kupoluyi is of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria. He is a researcher, columnist, social commentator and public affairs analyst with over 350 articles, published in top local and international academic journals, newspapers, magazines and conference proceedings.