U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday February 13, 2017 reaffirms its commitment to leaders of African two major economies, Nigeria and South Africa

U.S. President Trump

ICMS, Inc Reports
By Tom Okure, Ph.D
February 14, 2017
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President Donald Trump on Monday February 13, 2017 spoke on the telephone with leaders of African two top economies, Nigeria and South Africa reaffirming its commitments. Trump invited President Buhari of Nigeria to visit the USA at an appropriate time that is convenient in the future. He promised President Buhari assistance in its fight against Boko Haram.

The discussion with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari centered on a new possible arms deal to help Nigeria better combat terrorism. The US Congress has been reviewing Nigeria’s request to sell it military aircraft.

Nigeria's President Buhari

The presidency in Nigeria said "President Trump assured the Nigerian president of U.S. readiness to cut a new deal in helping Nigeria in terms of military weapons to combat terrorism."

South African President Zuma

The discussion with South African President Jacob Zuma centered on reaffirming their commitment to strengthening their current strong bilateral relations between the two countries especially in the area of trade relations. It will be recalled that when Trump was elected as US president in November 2016, President Zuma had sent a congratulatory message to Trump indicating his interest to build on the existing relations between the two countries, including promoting peace and security, especially on the African continent.

Trump has been reaching out to various world leaders by telephone recently. For instance on January 28, 2017 he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin and also to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, when he (Trump) allegedly abruptly cut the phone call short by hanging up on Turnbull.