It is common practice that, the will of the people ought to be clear after an election; but, as President Trump assumes office as the 45th President of the United States, there are deeply troubling signs that the country’s democracy, after 227 years of seeking a perfect union, might be said to have left the rails.
Same way as Buhari, Trump made a number of claims about what he’ll do…but which ones can he really carry out? Can he really deport millions of undocumented immigrants? Can he really build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico and have Mexicans pay for the wall? Can he really repeal and replace Obamacare? Can he really cancel the Paris climate agreement? Can he really ban Muslims from entering the U.S.? Can he really defeat ISIS and other terrorist groups? Can he really “lock up” Hillary Clinton? Will he move the U.S. Embassy in Isreal to Jerusalem?

Can he? Will he? these questions are fueled by more than idle curiosity. Nevertheless, we can only watch the man who has defiled any previous analysis about him.

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It is a glaring reality that politicians make all kinds of passionate and wild campaign promises during elections; which they swiftly jettison or deny after they resume office. Just as President Buhari’s campaign promises that were denied or jettisoned, so would President Trump jettison some of the popular lines he used to woo millions of US voters.

Isn’t it sad, that in spite of Barack Obama’s vehement vows during the 2008 election, where he repeatedly promised to shut down the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, the prison is still open 8 years later, even after delivering his farewell speech in Chicago? Equally, he is unable to fulfil his promises to end the war in Iraq and‘finish the job in Afghanistan’ just as George W. Bush before him never established the‘Healthy Communities Innovation Fund’.

In the same vein, Italy Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, never fulfilled his promise to sell his assets in Fininvest (later Mediaset), after 12 years, having served three terms. Similarly, Fianna Fáil’s of Ireland never “permanently end all hospital waiting lists” by 2004 nor did he “create a world-class health service” through any reforms or expanded healthcare coverage with “200,000 extra medical cards”, as he had promised during his campaigns. Also, Australian Prime Minister, Bob Hawke was unable to fulfil his “by 1990 no Australian child will be living in poverty” campaign promise!

Just as Buhari may never be able to stabilize the Naira at 1USD to 1NGN nor create 720,000 jobs in the 36 states in the Federation yearly (20,000 per State), pay 5,000 monthly to the 25 million Poorest Nigerians and create at least 5 million new homeowners in the present four-year tenure of his administration; President Donald Trump may also find it rather difficult to fulfil his promises: “to build a great, great wall on our southern border” and “have Mexico pay for that wall”.

Presently, Buhari has begun to find his ‘war against corruption’, a herculean task, perhaps, more than he probably had presumed. Thus, one do not doubt the fact that Trump would face strong opposition over the delivery on his campaign promise of “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on”.

Just as some of the ex-Buharists in Nigeria are expressing some level of disenchantment, people in the myriad “alt-right” communities that have flourished online in recent years are already expressing their dissatisfaction that Trump appears to have abandoned, even before his inauguration, the most extreme of his policies- at least for now, such as building a wall and prosecuting Hillary Clinton.



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