Donald Trump prayed, on Friday 26 January 2018, in Davos the Rwandan leader Paul Kagame, president of the African Union, to convey “his warm feelings” to the continent’s heads of state, who had recently insurgent themselves against statements ” offensive “attributed to the US President.
Indeed, the African Union, which meets in summit 28 and 29 January in Addis Ababa, condemned in mid-January the remarks “offensive” of Donald Trump against several African nations qualified as “shitty country” in comments reported by the media.
“I know that you are meeting soon, and I ask you to convey my warm feelings” to African leaders, “said the US president after a meeting with his Rwandan counterpart at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Covering his interlocutor with praiseworthy words, Donald Trump spoke of an “excellent discussion”, “absolutely wonderful” with the African head of state that he had the “great honor” to meet him.
Kagame told him that the interview was “good”, adding that the two men talked about economy and trade.
As a reminder, since last Tuesday the World Economic Forum in Davos has brought together thousands of big bosses, wealthy financiers and political leaders.
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