Puzzlement in Ethiopia as Trump claims hand in Nobel prize
Source: Associated Press
Elias Meseret, Associated Press
Updated 9:55 am CST, Friday, January 10, 2020
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) Video of U.S. President Donald Trump saying he had a hand in the latest Nobel Peace Prize has gone viral in Ethiopia after Trump asserted that he had made a deal to save the country.
The comments during a rally in the U.S. on Thursday dont mention the East African country by name, but Trump says: I made a deal, I saved a country, and I just heard the head of that country is now getting the Nobel Peace Prize for saving the country. ... Did I have something to do with it? Yeah. But thats the way it is.
Ethiopias Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed accepted the prize in December for making peace with longtime rival Eritrea and other reforms. Abiys office did not comment Friday.
Trump almost never comments on Africa, and some critics have said his administration has neglected African issues.
Many Ethiopians were puzzled by Trumps remarks. Some said his talk of a deal must have referred to the new peace with Eritrea.
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TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)Jerk.
sarge43
(28,946 posts)Moron probably couldn't find it on a map; let alone pronounce it correctly.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,374 posts)No, Mr President, that's Nigeria. Look toward the OTHER east.
(paraphrased from old Drill Sergeant instruction)
sarge43
(28,946 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,769 posts)llmart
(15,557 posts)SunSeeker
(51,745 posts)iluvtennis
(19,882 posts)Grokenstein
(5,727 posts)Generalissimo Corpulente wants credit (but not blame) for pretty much everything. It's a Republiscum tradition dating back to at least Ronnie the Jellybean Naptime Cowboy, but of course Don-Don dials the needy-wanty waaaay over the top.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,600 posts)I almost choked on my granola cereal when I heard him say that about renewable energy.
PatrickforO
(14,594 posts)honors due another.
trusty elf
(7,402 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,390 posts)That record-breaking round of golf can't be far away now ...
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,304 posts)yardwork
(61,715 posts)kimbutgar
(21,224 posts)Something no way in hell he will ever get. The whole world knows he is an evil buffoon.
EndlessWire
(6,573 posts)committee. He is still thinking about it.