Out Of Africa? Trump Transition Team Appears Indifferent To The Fate Of The 1.3 Billion Residents Of Continent — Recurring Themes: What’s In It For Us? Why Should We Care?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/world/africa/africa-donald-trump.html?ribbon-ad-idx=2&rref=world&module=Ribbon&version=origin®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=World&pgtype=article&_r=0

“A four-page list of Africa-related questions from the transition staff has been making the rounds at the State Department and Pentagon, alarming longtime Africa specialists who say the framing and the tone of the questions suggest an American retreat from development and humanitarian goals, while at the same time trying to push forward business opportunities across the continent.

“How does U.S. business compete with other nations in Africa? Are we losing out to the Chinese?” asks one of the first questions in the unclassified document provided to The New York Times.

That is quickly followed with queries about humanitarian assistance money. “With so much corruption in Africa, how much of our funding is stolen? Why should we spend these funds on Africa when we are suffering here in the U.S.?”

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Wonder what JFK would think?  Will cutting aid make us more competitive with China?

PWS

01/17/17

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Thomas W. Felhofer
Thomas W. Felhofer
7 years ago

I would think that engaging Africa as an equal economic partner rather than viewing it as a perpetual inept, underachieving object of charity would do more to help Africans than anything that JFK or the NY Times could dream up on their best day.