The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has assured in a dubious statement that he will not join the recognition of the independence of the Somali separatist state of Somaliland made this Friday by Israel; However, it has been open to studying the proposal.
When asked about the matter in an interview in the ‘New York Post’ newspaper, the White House resident said: “Just say: ‘No, comma, not in this one…'”, to quickly qualify his words and indicate: “Just say: ‘No'”.
The US president has described Somaliland’s possible offer to hand over a military port on its coast to the Americans as “little.” In addition, he has referred to the issue of the separatist region, asking if “anyone really knows what Somaliland is.”
Even so, the president of the United States has not closed his mind to recognizing the territory at another time and has decided to study the issue. “We will study it. I study a lot and I always make good decisions, which turn out to be correct,” he stated.
This Friday, Israel became the first United Nations member state to formally recognize the independence of the Somali separatist state of Somaliland, following, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced, “the spirit of the Abraham Accords” of normalization of relations with Arab countries at the initiative of President Donald Trump.
The authorities of Somalia and several of its allies – Egypt, Turkey, Djibouti and Saudi Arabia – as well as the Arab League and the African Union, have strongly condemned the announcement and have supported Somalia in what has been considered an attack against the sovereignty of the African country.
Trump withdrew temporary protected status (TPS) from Somali immigrants from the state of Minnesota in November and has uttered serious insults against the state of Somalia and its citizens, especially migrants settled in the North American country, maintaining that “they make billions of dollars every year in Minnesota” and “they contribute nothing.”
“Some say it’s not politically correct, but I don’t care. Your country is not good for a reason. Your country stinks. I can say that about other countries too,” he declared in December.
The Somali authorities responded that “it is not something that we consider worth considering” as it is an attitude repeated by Trump with other African countries such as Nigeria and South Africa, ensuring that “it is easier” to ignore the president than “to respond or find meaning to his statements.”
