The Africa Trump invented, by design or accident, could be continent’s greatest gift
Trump’s misstatements about Africa reveal ignorance—but they’ve also sparked a powerful moment for the continent to assert its own narrative and strengths.
US President Donald Trump’s recent false statements about Africa expose not just an individual’s ignorance but a deeper truth: How little the continent registers in the American psyche. However, it also inadvertently created the stage for Africa to speak for itself – and many Africans did.
At a White House dinner in June, the President claimed the US financed Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Since then, he has repeated it twice.
