The United States president Donald Trump referred to his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari as “lifeless” shortly after a meeting between the two leaders on April 30, Financial Times said on Monday. That meeting ended with Trump saying he never wanted to meet someone as lifeless as Buhari again, Financial Times reported citing three persons familiar with the matter. This new narrative is a contrast to what Trump said of Buhari at a joint press briefing held after their bilateral talks. Trump said he had in implicit belief in the Nigerian president to rein in the “massive corruption” in the country and commended his efforts at doing that. While addressing African leaders at the United Nations on September 20, 2017, Trump he referred to Nambia as Nambia twice.

Source: The Guardian August 27, 2018 07:52 UTC