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Imagine Mnangagwa appointing ED Junior's ex-girlfriend as ambassador
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The American ambassador to Greece under Donald Trump is Kimberly Guilfoyle, his son Donald Trump Jr.'s former girlfriend. Imagine Emmerson Mnangagwa appointing ED Junior's ex-girlfriend as Zimbabwe's ambassador to Greece.
America's ambassador to France is Charles Kushner, the father-in-law of Ivanka Trump, Trump's daughter. Imagine Mnangagwa appointing Gerald Mlotshwa's father as Zimbabwe's ambassador to France.
The co-negotiator for America in the Middle East is Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, Ivanka's husband. Imagine Mnangagwa appointing Pokello as Zimbabwe's negotiator in an international crisis.
Trump appointed his son-in-law Jared Kushner to handle a broad portfolio including Middle East peace, criminal justice reform, and relations with Mexico. Imagine Mnangagwa assigning Gerald Mlotshwa to run multiple critical national portfolios without any prior public service experience.
He also appointed close political allies and loyalists with little relevant experience to key diplomatic and administrative roles, including Richard Grenell, Mick Mulvaney, Peter Navarro, and Stephen Miller. Imagine a system where loyalty to the leader outweighs competence and experience in state appointments.
In Africa, America calls it corruption and nepotism, in America they call it “political appointments" and “trusted insiders."
Jared Kushner set up a private equity firm after leaving government and secured about US$2 billion from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, led by Saudi's defacto leader, Mohammed bin Salman.
This has serious conflict-of-interest because he handles Middle East policy for America.
Donald Trump has also pursued major real estate and licensing deals in the Middle East, including projects linked to state-backed or politically connected investors in countries such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE. A sitting president should not be financially benefiting in regions where he shapes policy, even if no laws are proven to have been broken.
In Africa, this would be labelled corruption or state capture, but in the United States it is often discussed as ethics, conflicts of interest, or influence, even when the underlying dynamics, proximity to power translating into financial gain, look strikingly similar.
Donald Trump is one of the most corrupt Western leaders ever elected into power, but most of his supporters, especially those who do not live in America, are oblivious to this because they do not support his ideas, they support his personality rather than his ideas.
So regardless of whether he rapes or abuses power, they just continue supporting him. They are the equivalent of people who support mediocrity, if the mediocre person is seen as their own, they will go all out in supporting him regardless of his corrupt rule.
America's ambassador to France is Charles Kushner, the father-in-law of Ivanka Trump, Trump's daughter. Imagine Mnangagwa appointing Gerald Mlotshwa's father as Zimbabwe's ambassador to France.
The co-negotiator for America in the Middle East is Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, Ivanka's husband. Imagine Mnangagwa appointing Pokello as Zimbabwe's negotiator in an international crisis.
Trump appointed his son-in-law Jared Kushner to handle a broad portfolio including Middle East peace, criminal justice reform, and relations with Mexico. Imagine Mnangagwa assigning Gerald Mlotshwa to run multiple critical national portfolios without any prior public service experience.
He also appointed close political allies and loyalists with little relevant experience to key diplomatic and administrative roles, including Richard Grenell, Mick Mulvaney, Peter Navarro, and Stephen Miller. Imagine a system where loyalty to the leader outweighs competence and experience in state appointments.
Jared Kushner set up a private equity firm after leaving government and secured about US$2 billion from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, led by Saudi's defacto leader, Mohammed bin Salman.
This has serious conflict-of-interest because he handles Middle East policy for America.
Donald Trump has also pursued major real estate and licensing deals in the Middle East, including projects linked to state-backed or politically connected investors in countries such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE. A sitting president should not be financially benefiting in regions where he shapes policy, even if no laws are proven to have been broken.
In Africa, this would be labelled corruption or state capture, but in the United States it is often discussed as ethics, conflicts of interest, or influence, even when the underlying dynamics, proximity to power translating into financial gain, look strikingly similar.
Donald Trump is one of the most corrupt Western leaders ever elected into power, but most of his supporters, especially those who do not live in America, are oblivious to this because they do not support his ideas, they support his personality rather than his ideas.
So regardless of whether he rapes or abuses power, they just continue supporting him. They are the equivalent of people who support mediocrity, if the mediocre person is seen as their own, they will go all out in supporting him regardless of his corrupt rule.
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