The United
State President, Donald Trump, described his April meeting with President
Muhammadu Buhari as lifeless, Financial Times (FT) has reported.
Mr Trump hosted Mr Buhari on April
30 in Washington as the two leaders discussed issues including “fighting
terrorism” and other threats to peace and security.
According to an article titled,
‘Africa looks for something new out of Trump,’ Financial Times on Monday
claimed that Mr Trump told his aides he never wanted to meet with someone as
lifeless as Nigeria President.
”The first meeting, with Nigeria’s
ailing 75-year-old Muhammadu Buhari in April, ended with the US president
telling aides he never wanted to meet someone so lifeless again, according to
three people familiar with the matter,” FT reported.
The special adviser on media and
publicity to President Buhari, Femi Adesina, declined to comment on the report.
”No comments please” Mr Adeshina
said.
However, Nigerians have taken to
Twitter to react to the report. One @Veekid said, ”Trump is a honest man. He
spoke what everyone knows about Buhari.
” I watched their joint press
conference. Buhari could hardly mutter a coherent statement and could not think
on his feet.
@iyaboawokoya on Twitter said,
”Well Trump surely is not a reference. To him every African nation is a
“shithole”.
”Our President stands shoulder
high in morals and values to Trump so what the heck? Trump’s opinion does not
matter to me. PMB is taciturn, terse & stern even back home. Was he to joke
with Trump?”
Source: Premium Times
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