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Politics
Fred Onyango

Of course Trump was shocked the Liberian president spoke ‘good English’ — even though it’s the country’s official language

Donald Trump hosted five African heads of state, and his questions were as absurd as you could possibly imagine, but when he asked Liberian President Joseph Boakai why his English was so good — that took the cake.

Donald Trump’s presidency has turned televised White House meals and meetings into their own kind of reality television. He’s going to yell at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy like it’s Real Housewives, check Cyril Ramaphosa like it’s an episode of Love & Hip Hop, and have racial slip-ups like evicted contestants from Love Island. Trump claims he’s a master negotiator with his tariffs, but deep down, when analyzed, he’s just the same vindictive reality TV star he’s always been.

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