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Rouhani: ‘Madman Trump Will Be Hanged After Tenure Like Saddam Hussein’

THE AFRI GIST December 24, 2020 0

Iran’s president believes “madman” Donald Trump will end up being hanged like Saddam Hussein when he leaves the White House. Firebrand Hassan Rouhani made the astonishing claim during a heated cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday. He predicted the US president would suffer a Continue Reading

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Donald Trump’s Fan Storms Press Conference To Accuse Joe Biden Of Stealing (See Video)

THE AFRI GIST November 5, 2020 0

‘Give us freedom’: Wild moment Trump fan in ‘BBQ, beer, freedom’ shirt hijacks press conference to slam the ‘Biden crime family’ Voter registrar Joe Gloria’s press conference was interrupted WednesdayThe Nevada official was speaking in Las Vegas to update the state’s countingA furious man in a ‘BBQ, beer, freedom’ Continue Reading

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Paula White: Angels Are Coming From Africa – Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Prays (See Video)

THE AFRI GIST November 5, 2020 0

A video of presidential spiritual advisor Paula White leading an impassioned prayer service in an effort to secure Trump’s reelection, went viral. The US Presidential Elections is still underway, even after over 24 hours of counting votes. At the time of writing this article, Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden is in the lead. Biden has […]Continue Reading

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U.S. Supreme Court May Not Have Final Say In Election, Despite Trump Threat

THE AFRI GIST November 5, 2020 0

While President Donald Trump has promised to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a presidential race that is still too close to call, the nation’s top judicial body may not be the final arbiter in this election, legal experts said. Election law experts said it is doubtful that courts would entertain a […]Continue Reading

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US Election Results 2020: Biden nears 270 with just 5 states left to make a call.

THE AFRI GIST November 5, 2020 0

The results of the US 2020 presidential election are pouring in as election officials continue to count ballots across the country. According to the Associated Press, President Donald Trump currently has 214 electoral votes while former Vice President Joe Biden has 264. A presidential nominee must have at least 270 electoral votes to win the […]Continue Reading

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US 2020 Election: Trump calls mail-in voting a ‘scam”

THE AFRI GIST September 19, 2020 0

US President, Donald Trump, has called mail-in voting a “scam” during a press conference on Friday September 17, blasting the voting system in which states send mail-in ballots directly to voters due to the Coronavirus pandemic. More than half of all Americans are expected to vote through the mail this presidential election, though over 40 […]Continue Reading

NEWS SOCIAL

TikTok, WeChat to be banned from U.S. app stores this Sunday

THE AFRI GIST September 19, 2020 0

The Department of Commerce has announced that TikTok and WeChat will be banned from app stores in the U.S. from Sunday, September 20, amid national security concerns. In a press release on Friday September 18, the department stated: ‘In response to President Trump’s Executive Orders signed August 6, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) today Continue Reading

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Trump called US Marines killed in WWI battle ‘losers’: report

THE AFRI GIST September 4, 2020 0

US President Donald Trump referred to US Marines buried in a WWI cemetery in France as “losers” and “suckers” for getting killed in motion, according to a report Thursday in the Atlantic magazine. The report, penned by the magazine’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, said Trump had refused to go to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery close to […]Continue Reading

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American visa lottery winners sue Trump for stopping immigration

THE AFRI GIST July 15, 2020 0

No fewer than 200 would-be immigrants from about 70 international locations have filed a lawsuit in opposition to President Donald Trump. This adopted the manager order he signed suspending immigration till subsequent year. The plaintiffs are winners in the U.S. Diversity Visa lottery programme and relations in America, Dpa reviews. Their lawyer, Curtis Lee Morrison, […]Continue Reading

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Trump declares one other campaign rally in face of pandemic

THE AFRI GIST July 6, 2020 0

U.S. President Donald Trump will maintain one other massive rally in assist of his re-election campaign, although the variety of coronavirus infections is on the rise once more in a number of states. He’ll communicate to supporters at an open air rally at Portsmouth airport in New Hampshire on Saturday (July 11), his marketing campaign […]Continue Reading

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Trump urges US reopening as China premier warns of challenges

THE AFRI GIST May 22, 2020 0

US President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn upon returning to the White House in Washington, DC on May 21, 2020, following a visit to a Ford plant in Michigan. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)President Donald Trump pressed for a further reopening of the United States as job losses mount from coronavirus shutdowns, […]Continue Reading

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Trump impeachment looms as U.S. House committee approves charges

THE AFRI GIST December 14, 2019 0

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday took Republican President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment by approving two charges against him over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden. A divided House Judiciary Committee voted 23-17 along party lines to approve articles of impeachment charging Trump […]Continue Reading

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US President, Trump abandons Trump-Tower, relocates to another City

THE AFRI GIST November 1, 2019 0

President Donald Trump of the United States of America has announced he will be making Palm Beach, Florida, his permanent residence instead of his Trump Tower apartment in New York City. Trump has owned the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach since 1985 and spent more time there during his presidency than at his penthouse apartment […]Continue Reading

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Trump ready to hit Turkey with sanctions, as Syrian operation intensifies

THE AFRI GIST October 15, 2019 0

President Donald Trump’s administration is set to impose economic sanctions on Ankara, potentially as early as this week, for its incursion into northern Syria, one of the few levers the United States still has over NATO-ally Turkey. Using the U.S. military to stop the Turkish offensive on U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters was never an option, defense […]Continue Reading