With Trump
turning to be officially resume office as the President of the United States,
some African nations are interested to see what this would mean for their
association with the United States, considering Trump’s supremacist comments
about African nations. President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe – who is not the
greatest fanatic of the Obama organization – is sure this would open up a
superior relationship between both nations.
The Obama
administration imposed several sanctions on some Zimbabwean individuals and
firms associated with the ruling government which launched a crackdown on civilians
and opposition to the government following an economic crisis.
Regardless of
the sanctions imposed, the United States has occasionally provided help to the
country, which is also deep in a food crisis, with help through initiative and
programmes associated with USAID. The Zim government regardless, did not cease
to blame all its problems on these sanctions.
The Zimbabwean
government remains optimistic that following the inauguration of Donald Trump
on January 20, 2016, Zim-US relations will be better.
“As a
government, we were quite happy listening to Mr. Trump’s acceptance speech,”
Mushowe said, welcoming what he saw as Trump’s pledge to work with every nation
willing to cooperate with his administration.
Zimbabwe has
never had any quarrel with America and does not need to have any quarrel with
America,” Chris Mushowe, the country’s information, media and broadcasting
services minister, told the state-run Herald.
Also, the
Zimbabwean government showed relief at Hillary Clinton conceding to Donald
Trump. According to the Herald, Clinton was a “warmonger” who contributed to
the decline of Zim-US ties through support of the US sanctions against
Zimbabwe.
However, it is
notable that the President-elect Trump has made no mention of President Mugabe
or the country of Zimbabwe so it is still unclear what his policy would be
regarding the southern African nation.
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