{"id":3050,"date":"2024-11-07T11:06:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T11:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=3050"},"modified":"2024-11-07T11:07:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T11:07:06","slug":"video-us-has-disgraced-self-with-trumps-re-election-prof-akinyemi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2024\/11\/07\/video-us-has-disgraced-self-with-trumps-re-election-prof-akinyemi\/","title":{"rendered":"Video; US Has Disgraced Self With Trump\u2019s Re-election- Prof Akinyemi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section-inner\">\n<div class=\"post-content detail-grid grid-alignright grid-allow-pullout\">\n<p><strong>A Professor of Political Science, Bolaji Akinyemi, on Wednesday faulted the emergence of Republican candidate, Donald Trump as the President-elect of the United States of America.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Akinyemi, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, said the US has disgraced itself by re-electing Trump as the 47th US President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSee how far the US has disgraced itself and disappointed the rest of the world in the electoral decision it took last night,\u201d he said on Channels Television\u2019s\u00a0<em>Politics Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>During the show, the diplomat claimed that Trump\u2019s Democratic rival and incumbent Vice President, Kamala Harris, has been making efforts to congratulate Trump<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"US Election: &#039;I Feel Sorry For Ukraine, Palestinians After Trump\u2019s Victory&#039; \u2013 Akinyemi\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ebQeMlgKUsk?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"rll-youtube-player\" data-id=\"ebQeMlgKUsk\" data-query=\"\">\n<div data-id=\"ebQeMlgKUsk\" data-query=\"\">\n<div class=\"play\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He criticised the President-elect for not picking Harris&#8217;s call, questioning his ability to unite an already divided nation.<\/p>\n<p>Akinyemi stated, \u201cDo you know that Kamala Harris has been trying to get in touch with him to congratulate him and she hasn\u2019t succeeded, he hasn\u2019t picked up\u00a0her call.<\/p>\n<div class=\"advert advert__leaderboard d-block\">\n<div class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1672587799169-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CI7vpY6IyokDFWSMUAYdaKgrqg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/7032479\/Article_Page_in_Article_3_300x250_1__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is a routine procedure that the loser in a presidential election would call the winner to congratulate him and offer a hand of friendship and cooperation and Trump has refused to pick that call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe still has not been able to reach him. Does that sound like somebody who intends to unite America?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The diplomat described the election as a competition between light and darkness, stressing that Americans would later regret their decision to re-elect Trump.<\/p>\n<p>78-year-old Trump won the US presidential election after defeating Kamala Harris in a stunning political comeback that will send shock waves across the world<\/p>\n<p>Trump is the first president in over a century to win a non-consecutive second term.<\/p>\n<p>He is also the only person to be elected as a convicted felon \u2014 he will face sentencing in a New York court for fraud on November 26.<\/p>\n<p>Already 78, Trump is on course to break another record as the oldest-ever sitting president during his four-year term. He will surpass Biden, who will step down in January at 82.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Professor of Political Science, Bolaji Akinyemi, on Wednesday faulted the emergence of Republican candidate, Donald Trump as the President-elect of the United States of America. 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