Trump Can Rewrite America’s Narrative in Africa: Justice Malala

In Africa, as in many other parts of the world, Donald Trump’s policies have made him the embodiment of the pejorative stereotype of the ugly American – ignorant, arrogant and dangerous. He destroyed the 25-year-old African Growth and Opportunity Act, which granted African products duty-free entry to the US, imposing punishing tariffs on the continent. He canceled billions of dollars in aid, worth $12.7 billion in 2024. He angered African leaders with his White House ambush of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. And he’s ramped up his previous insults against African nations by belittling countries such as Lesotho, an impoverished kingdom of 2.3 ...