The US president, Donald Trump has said that Christians seeking refugee status in the United States will be given priority status than the Muslims.
While speaking to the Christian Broadcasting Network, Donald Trump said it was impossible, or tough for Christians to enter the United States, while the Muslim were given a quick pass. Donald Trump said;
If you were a Muslim you could come in, but if you were a Christian, it was almost impossible and the reason that was so unfair -- everybody was persecuted, in all fairness -- but they were chopping off the heads of everybody but more so the Christians. And I thought it was very, very unfair. So we are going to help them.
The president did not give evidence for his accusation, and why the Department of Homeland Security and State Department would have given Muslims quick pass to the United states than the Christians. According to a non-partisan Pew research centre, 99% of those that were admitted into the USA were Muslims, with only 1% to be Christians.
The CIA World fact book said that 87% of Syrians are Muslims, and 10% are Christians.
A week into his presidency, President Donald Trump signed a controversial executive order that ban 7 Muslim countries from entering the US. The ban has left Muslims coming into the US stranded at the airport, while some have been detained.
A lot of Americans, and A-list Hollywood celebrities have taken to Twitter to speak against the #Muslimban in the country. Some of the celebrities includes Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Michael Moore, George Takei and many more.
Here are some of the tweets from the celebrities:
Also, Donald Trump 2016 rival opponent, Hillary Clinton also tweeted her displeasure on the ban, writing;
I have read every now and then on how the US state department, led by Hillary Clinton, and the former US President Barack Obama ordered the killing of the Libyan leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi. The comments have always appeared on Twitter and Facebook and most people rejoicing after Hillary Clinton lost the election to Donald Trump.
This is not an article to sway your mind away from your beliefs, but instead to show you a new angle of the issue, and how African leaders have not only failed their people with basic human infrastructures, but how they can cowardly leave their allies hanging,and also fail us all.
And before you decide to relieve yourself with a sigh, I should also let you know that, although African leaders might have failed us, but you Libyans, and other African citizens actually killed Muammar al-Gaddafi, and if you had loved him so much as you had always claimed on your social media writing, maybe he would still be alive.
In this age of social media, we can't deny the horrible events that have happened in Syria, after the US claims that the Syrian government is using chemical weapons on his own people, and because of this genocide, the Bashar al-Assad regime was told it will be overthrown by the US government, for a better democratic government that will lead the people of Syria with transparency.
Of course, the world will react, and to make this effective, the media won't stop letting you see dead bodies, and to see reasons why the US need to overthrow Assad government. The same tactics that was used in Iraq to justify waging war against Saddam Hussein that killed him, no WMD was found, and while this article does not justify the genocide committed by the Sadam regime, killing him only turned Iraq into a country nobody wanted to visit anymore.
Now back to our Gaddafi story. A lot of Africans have debated on his plans in making sure he restores Africa to his glory. A lot has praised the man that despite the allegation of corruption levied against him, Libyans were able to afford good meal, and there was work availability.
One of the reasons he was killed was because he was about to create a "Gold-backed currency," a plan that might replace France dominancy in theFrancophone region, and even though there was a French-led U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973 creating a no-fly zone over Libya, when it profits the French, they used NATO to topple Gaddafi.
illiteracy And Disloyalty And Greed
Nobody is perfect, and it is no news that Gaddhafi pro outweigh its cons, and most Libyans know that, but when he initiated that he would start getting gold for his oil, insurgents started rising against him in his own home, and this people will go ahead and kill him.
The people of Libyans were covered in their own foolishness, Africans around him will not support him, as they prefer to listen to CNN and read the news on the current situation of Libya. A man that wanted to turn the continent with his pan-Africanism agenda was killed.
Why I am angry with people that keeps screaming Obama and Clinton was because it is high time Africa as a continent stands up for itself now and stop acting as a puppet to Western countries.
The reasons why there was African-Americans today is because some old senseless men back then decides to exchange their fellow Africans for gunpowders, golden wristwatches, Mirrors and cash. Till this moment, a lot of Africans still blame the Westerners for slavery.
Until people start realising that they hold more power than the government of the day, we will remain the same way, and even they we won't get the masters identification mark as slaves, or whipped to death for disobeying orders, we will still keep getting orders from the masters, maybe this time with a drone over our head.
Africans or the Arab states could have saved Gaddafi if they had risen against the western countries domination in Libya or speak against it.
In a Youtube video before his death, Gaddafi was speaking to leaders of the Middle-East about how Saddam Hussein was captured, and Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad was smiling when he was criticizing the Americans for invading Iraq on the pretence of WMD, when they were actually trying to cripple the Iraqi government because Hussein was also asking for gold before he could sell them oil.
Why the Obama administration via Clinton might have sponsored the killing of Gaddafi, I believe the illiteracy, disloyalty among his people, the Arab states literally killed him. If they had all stood by him, and reject the brainwashing tactics of the Western power, then some parts of Libya might be destroyed, but Gaddafi will be alive.
Bashar al-Assad government was also about to be crippled recently, but he had most of his people fighting, and with the help of Russians who are now tired of what happened in Libya and Iraq, and decided to stop the re-occurrence again, because the toppling of the government that has been done in the past have only resulted in new terrorist organizations, and more rebel in such country.
The toppling of Sadam Hussein and Gaddafi is the reason for ISIS today, and who is suffering now? The people of Libya, Iraq, and Syria.
You have probably witnessed the Vietnam war, and heard how Vietnam, a small country with no nuclear power, or best armoury or tanks was able to form resistance against the US government, and people that betrayed the government at the time was either killed or sent out of the country.
At some point, the people decided not to break into North or South Vietnam, but instead One Vietnam, and when US sees they were never going to win, they label the rebels different names, assasinated their character, but they pay no mind, until American soldiers was forced to leave their country.
The unity and oneness of a country/continent is bigger than nuclear power or heavy armours.
Africans won't fight, or speak out on what is right, instead they sell out, and speaks too much of the Queen's English.
Ask yourselves, who are your leaders? Zimbabwe president, Robert Mugabe, the man that looks like a walking ghost? or Uganda president that won't leave after 30 years, and turns the position to a kingship, or Yahya Jammeh that won't leave until he was disgraced out of the country, or Nigerian president that came to presidency and put his country into recession.
Africans willneed to fights its own demon, before it can stand shoulder to shoulder or invited to the table of decision, if ever that would ever happen.
Trump Icing On The Cake
The recent US administration led by Donald Trump had said whenever he assumed office, he will make sure to ban refugees from some Muslim countries. Last week, Trump decided to do what he had promised to Americans via one of his executive orders by banning people from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia.
Does that country sounds known to you? Iran and Iraq, was destroyed by whom? Syria was destroyed by whom? Libya was destroyed by whom?
I am not asking you not to fight your government or stage a revolution, but think deep about what you are doing, and make sure you are no influenced by external bodies, because when real issues hit the fan, you will have no country to live.
So before you post any new comment criticising the Westerners again like your ancestors have been doing, remember Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama Or CIA Did Not Kill Muammar Gaddafi, I Did, and you did.
Donald Trump has said during his campaign trail that his administration would approve waterboarding to extract information from terrorist suspects. While a lot of intelligence officers have spoken against using the technique, Trump has once again said he would want the agencies to start the new technique, while in office.
The UK Prime Minister, Theresa May has said that the UK could stop working with the Trump CIA, if the agency adopts torture techniques such as waterboarding.
Theresa May said that the UK stance on the issue of torture is clear, and has not changed over time, She said;
We condemn torture and my view on that won't change – whether I'm talking to you or talking to the President. The real question you should be asking is what do we think about torture? What we think about torture is we condemn it. We do not believe in torture. That position has been clear for some time and that position is not going to change.
Trump has said many times that he would bring back waterboarding, and a “hell of a lot worse”.
The Donald Trump border wall has caused a rift between the US and its neighbouring country, Mexico. The newly elected US President, Donald Trump is trying to fulfil most of his campaign promises, and one of those is to build a border wall between the US and Mexico.
Donald Trump during his campaign has said that the country will build a wall between the US and Mexico because Mexico have always sent their criminals to the United States, and only a wall will limit the illegal entry of Mexicans to the United States.
After the a ceremony at the Department of Homeland Security after honouring the department's newly confirmed secretary, retired Gen. John Kelly, Trump said that the country will immediately start the building of the wall, and assured Americans that Mexico will pay for the wall, something that angers Mexicans and prompted Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to respond,saying Mexico do not believe in the wall, and will not pay for President Donald Trump proposed wall.
Angry about Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto response, Donald Trump went to Twitter and said if Mexico is unwilling to pay for the wall, it should cancel the upcoming meeting.
In an effort to uphold Mexico dignity amidst all the backlash from Mexicans that their president should cancel the meeting, Nieto also tweeted and said that his office will be canceling the meeting with the President of the United States.
President Trump has withdrawn the United States from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on Monday, fulfilling the promise he made to his voters during the campaign.
The president during his campaign has said TPP is a disaster for American workers, and has promised to put a stop to it if he is elected. The deal though negotiated under former President Obama was yet to be confirmed by the congress, so putting a stop to it will not have an immediate or a real time effect on the US economy, though this will send a wave to leaders around the world and democrats about Donald Trump stance on trade.
The president also signed an order that bans U.S non-governmental organizations receive federal funding from providing abortions abroad.
President Donald Trump is ready to fulfil one of his promises to Israel as he plans to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a move that will spark outrage in the Arab world. The US embassy is in Tel Aviv, so as other country's embassies are also situated in the country's capital.
Jerusalem has been one of 2 countries, Palestine and Israel bone of contention for a long time as both countries lay claim to the city, citing both political, historical, and religious claims.
Trump has now invited the Israel prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington in February.
According to Netanyahu camp, the two leaders talked about the nuclear deal with Iran, peace process with the Palestinians among other issues.
The decision by the US president to break the status quo between Israel and Palestine will spark outrage with the Arab world, such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt, which Donald Trump relies on to fight ISIS, which is also a priority for the US president.
The US congress in 1995 passed a law that described Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but presidents, both Republicans and Democrats have used their foreign policy powers to maintain the US embassy in Tel Aviv, and support negotiations between Israel and Palestine.
If you are expecting to see President Donald Trump tax returns anytime soon, you might be wasting your time, as Senior advisor to president Trump, Kellyanne Conway told ABC’s This Week host, George Stephanopoulos on Sunday that the president won't be releasing his tax returns after the completion of the tax audit by the IRS.
Kellyanne Conway said;
The White House response is that he’s not going to release his tax returns.
We litigated this all through the election. People didn’t care. They voted for him, and let me make this very clear: most Americans…are very focused on what their tax returns will look like while President Trump is in office, not what his look like.
Throughout the election, Trump had said his tax returns will be released after the completion of the audit. In a debate with Hillary Clinton, Trump said;
I don’t mind releasing — I’m under a routine audit. And it’ll be released. And — as soon as the audit’s finished, it will be released.
Past presidents of the United States have released their tax returns since the 1970s, and have always put the delay tactics on the IRS, and at some pointed to the media as the only people interested in his tax return, and the American public are not really interested in the tax report.
See Kellyanne Conway interview here;
After the interview with Kellyanne Conway, one of the entities that helped Donald Trump win the election, Wikileaks, tweeted that it will publish the President tax returns if anyone can send it to its website. Wikileaks was furious that the president had lied about releasing the report, and later went back on his words.
Donald Trump has been officially sworn-in as the 45th US president. The inauguration of President Trump took place outside the US Capitol, Washington, with dignitaries from all walks of life, including former political opponent, Hillary Clinton.
In his inaugural speech, the new president said;
For too long a small group in our nations capital has reaped the rewards of government. Washington flourished, but the people did not share in its wealth. Together we will determine the course of America and the world for many, many years to come.
We will face challenges, we will confront hardships, but we will get the job done.
The president also talks about his immigration stance and international trade saying;
We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies, and destroying our jobs. Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength.
Donald Trump, who has no political experience is a property developer and TV reality star. The president in his campaign was able to appear on news headlines because of his comment on the ban of Muslims entering the United States, and also about his access Nollywood tape.
The former US president, Barack Obama told the new president "Good job, good job" after his inaugural speech.
The president-elect, Donald Trump is currently facing a threat from a group of hackers know as "Anonymous". The group has decided to meet Trump on his favourite playground, Twitter, and let him know that they have evidence of his business ties with Russia.
One of the group twitter handle, @YourAnonCentralreached out to Trump while he was accusing the outgoing CIA director, John Brennan, for the leaking of information that shows his ties with Russia.
See the message here:
The anonymous group never mentioned when they will release the information they have on Trump, but assures him that the next four years of his presidency will be difficult.
The group in the past attacked Government officials, religion organisation and celebrities.
