Diaspora
Africans, in particular Ethiopians, must vote for
Joe Biden in order to remove Donald Trump
IDEA
Editorial
October 25, 2020
On behalf of the Institute of Development and
Education for Africa (IDEA), we at IDEA write and
appeal to all Diaspora Africans to vote for Joe
Biden so that the White House is relieved from
Donald Trump, a man of no knowledge of diplomacy
and the ABCs of political science; a man whose
character is clearly confrontational, xenophobic,
and essentially racist. From the time he
campaigned for the presidential bid to his
entrance to the White House in 2016, Trump vented
his anger by employing slurs against Mexicans,
women, African Americans, and African countries;
he called Mexicans drug pushers and rapists;
looked down unto women with chauvinistic zeal;
denigrated African American struggles and mottos
such as “Black Lives Matter” as a racist
slogan; said, “I don’t have respect for civil
rights activists” (implying to Congressman John
Lewis funeral); called African countries
shitholes; called Kamala Harris a communist; and
in the last debate with Joe Biden, he attributed
to some people what he calls “low IQ”, when he
himself can be categorized as a man of low IQ.
Trump is childish, infantile, and arrogant and
does not deserve a second term.
By contrast, Joe Biden is a decent human being
and an abler statesman and he has a great resume
in leadership spanning four and half decades. Joe
Biden has all the necessary ingredients in a fine
quality leadership in his character; he is not
only charismatic, humble, and affable; but he is
also a great leader with enormous clout who could
influence and motivate people. Above all, Joe
Biden is a man of the people, a friend of African
Americans and women, and an advocate for the
middle class and working people, without
distinction in color or race. He is also a man who
could make a difference and salvage the United
States from the current disaster politics and from
the curse legacy of Trump.
On October 23, 2020, Donald Trump, with his
usual arrogance and without shame said, Egypt must
blow up the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)
because in his diatribe he thinks Ethiopia has
violated the US-led deal on the GERD and has began
filling up the Dam with water; and he also thought
that Egypt would not get water as a result of
Ethiopia’s recalcitrant actions. What a
miserable leader! First and foremost, negotiations
on the GERD has been going on for months between
Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt; America intervened
only at the eleventh hour, and now with the lack
of fortitude or self-control, and loose cannon
behavior of Donald Trump, we have come to conclude
that the US interference in the GED affairs, after
all, was a sinister move to support Egypt’s
vested interest against Ethiopia.
Moreover, Trump does not have any clue
whatsoever in regards to the filling of the Dam
and the decrease of water supply to Egypt. Filling
the Dam with water would not actually decrease the
amount of water Egypt needs annually, especially
during the winter season of June, July, and
August, a season of heavy rainfall in Ethiopia.
With or without the Dam, Egypt is guaranteed with
more than sufficient water she needs, but with the
GERD-controlled flow of the Nile, Egypt would be
more blessed because its farm areas will not be
inundated as has always been the case.
What is shocking however is Trumps call for
Egypt to destroy the GERD, unheard of utterance
from a “world leader” and a self-incriminating
statement in the eyes of international law. IDEA
urges all Diaspora Africans, particularly
Ethiopians in the United States to vote for Joe
Biden and get rid off Donald Trump. IDEA also
appeals to the African Union (AU) to condemn the
Trump war inciting speech, and continue its
mission as a broker and negotiating agency between
Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt. Ethiopians, wherever
they may be should remain steadfast, alert, and
united on any issue pertaining to and surrounding
the GERD.
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