In Africa, Meager Expectations and Some Hopes for a Second Trump Presidency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Trump, during his first term, continuously sought to slash foreign affairs funding, sometimes as much as 30%.
38% : As part of a larger deal that included Morocco normalizing its ties with Israel, Trump shifted longstanding U.S. policy and recognized Morocco's sovereignty claims before leaving office in 2020.
35% : Analysts are concerned about whether key U.S. projects in health, security and development would be implemented under Trump -- especially at a time of worsening hunger and resurgent threats to democracy in Africa.
35% : Trump will likely cut funding to Somalia and engage more with Somaliland, predicts Rashid Abdi, an analyst at the Nairobi-based Sahan Research think tank.
30% : For many ordinary Africans, Trump is just a distant leader who can't do much about their everyday problems.
27% : "Trump ... is not going to save us from hunger caused by our government," said Isah Mohammed, a fruit seller in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
13% : Still, observers say African countries -- once described by Trump as "shithole countries" -- are definitely not going to be high on his to-do list.

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