What does the unconventional Trump presidency look like to Liberia, Africa’s oldest republic? “I get ‘America First,’” said Papa, a 35-year old businessman who holds American and Liberian citizenship. Papa served in the U.S. Army in Iraq before returning to his country of birth, Liberia, to help his history-making president restore the country after more than three decades of conflict. “The U.S. spent billions of dollars rebuilding infrastructure in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, and in the states, our bridges, ports and roads are crumbling,” Papa told me. “That is unfathomable to most Americans.”Read more of this storySource: News Now/ The Hill(Visited 9 times, 9 visits today)Commentscomments

Source: GNN Liberia March 07, 2017 17:32 UTC