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Who is this one?

While Trump might be a pain in the ass, I don't think it is wise to start lambasting people for making their political choice. It s in my opinion very ridiculous to pour scorn at people who make their choice. While you are there bad-mouthing Igbos for their Political choice, your fellow igbo woman in America is teaching her children the culture and language in same America.
If you don't know what to say or do, teach your children how to speak igbo language like this woman is doing here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTyTRSS-Qx0

ivolt:
Stop pretending! Trump supporters are not few people. They are in fact the majority. Anyone who criticises Trump on social media is instantly attacked by these army of sycophants.

What if everybody in igboland supports Trump!? What's your headache there? Your folks supported Obama to rape our democracy here in Nigeria! Where are the gains for Nigerians? Buhari? Yes! Igbos supported Trump because he has a wierd hairstyle! So fukcin what?

owobokiri:
Over 70 million people voted for Trump! You are not smarter than those folks... Ojukwu worked with the apartheid regime? Is that the new line of attack? Gowon went back to Britain to bring back the fomer colonialists barely 5 years after independence. In the process, selling off Nigerias future and wealth to a group of neo-colonialists, to the extent that today, Nigeria is the only oil producing major that remits more than half of her total daily oil earnings to foreign companies/countries! That's nothing to you but Ojukwu "working with racists" to free black people from a war sponsored by some British racists gets you upset? You see how smart you are..?

A large percentage of those folks who vote for the racist buffon are conservatives and hard core Republican who want to preserve conservative values and are loyal to the party irrespective of the candidate not that they supported the current tenant in the white house.

shegzhkn:
A large percentage of those folks who vote for the racist buffon are conservatives and hard core Republican who want to preserve conservative values and are loyal to the party irrespective of the candidate not that they supported the current tenant in the white house.

Could be that the "conservative branch" in eastern Nigeria feels same way..

owobokiri:
Could be that the "conservative branch" in eastern Nigeria feels same way..

You cop to that ??

shegzhkn:
You cop to that ??

If I'm a resident in America, I would surely have voted for Trump! No emotions! Pure "defence mechanism". Biden was part of the Obama/Clinton/Democratic party gang that foisted Buhari on us, invaded Ivory coast with one empire biulding sarkozy, destroyed Libya to the benefits of ISIS and Boko Haram! Trump may have done nothing tangible for Africa, he didn't even visit BUT at least he wasn't caught raining bombs on my people! I believe quite strongly that the Black American politicians in the Democratic party have taken "tough love" for Africa to a totally dangerous territory. And I think they often become violent in Africa just to prove their loyalty to the American establishment..

Ibadansun1:
The one that shocked me the most is how some deluded ipob members turned on Madam Ngozi Iwela because of Trump.

Madam Ngozi is currently one of most respected Nigerians overseas along side people like Wole Soyinka.

And Madam Ngozi is the most respected person from the igbo tribe alive today.

Nobody turned on her. Stop wishing your imagination to be true

Muna4real:
Nobody turned on her. Stop wishing your imagination to be true

Check Facebook

Even here on Nairaland.

I have no wild imagination like Ipob members.

AtorKelly:
By Chioma Ugochukwu— Pennsylvania

I am home today nursing a torn muscle from my treadmill workouts and thought that I should comment on something that happened recently.

I noticed that a video was trending on Twitter a few days ago. It was a video of folks from a church in the Southeastern part of Nigeria holding a prayer walk for Donald Trump.

We saw reports earlier that another church in the region also held a parade for Trump. Those of you who follow me know that I have written about this strange phenomenon of Nigerians, particularly Igbos (my ethnic group), supporting and praying for Trump.

It started with the false meme that spread on social media that Trump supports Igbos (Biafrans). Some Igbos are pushing to secede from Nigeria due to their discontentment with the tensions between Christians in the North (Igbos are mostly Christians) and Muslims in the North.

Many of us Nigerians in the United States are dual citizens. We have often found it baffling that our brothers and sisters back home don’t seem to fully understand who Trump is.

Most of them truly believe that Trump is a devout Christian and some even call him a God-sent. Those of us who know Trump better find the claim to be ludicrous. Anyway, I have often tried not to be too critical of our folks back home, but seeing this video trending on Twitter and reading that Trump acknowledged it sent me over the edge.

While I understand that we are all entitled to our opinions, beliefs, and values, I find myself in a position of using my own voice to express my opinion and disdain for what I am seeing.

This is personal to me. I recognize that I am about to take a harsh tone here, but sometimes you’ve got to take a stand for your own values. I have no doubt in my mind that Trump does not give a damn about Igbos or Nigerians. In fact, he has blocked visas and family reunification programs for Nigerians.

He has not spoken out against the issue of police brutality in Nigeria, which most of our Igbo folks are fighting against with the #EndSARS movement. Trump has also blocked the appointment of Nigerians to leadership positions within some international organizations.

So, if you are one of the Nigerians holding prayer vigils and parading for Trump, shame on you! You are actively praying for a man who is doing his best to make life harder for your brothers and sisters in the diaspora.

I have not seen a prayer walk from any of you for the various issues we’ve encountered. We’ve had mass shootings in the United States and none of you held parades or vigils to pray for our safety. You pray for Trump and shamelessly tell us that we need to return home if we find his policies unbearable.

Meanwhile, you are all too happy to receive the billions of dollars in remittances that we send to Nigeria every year. Your prayers for Trump are prayers against our welfare and the welfare of our children. So, shame on you!

I don’t comment too much on events happening in Nigeria and it’s not because I don’t care; it’s just that I left Nigeria decades ago, which means that I can no longer draw on my lived experience for commentary.

I can rely on research, but that means that I will miss some nuances because one’s lived experience will always trump what one can deduce from reading. Many of you Nigerians praying for Trump actually believe that reading memes and news articles make you experts on Trump and the American experience.

You see the things you hear on the 700 Club and TBN as non-partisan and true. You are often dismissive of your brothers and sisters in the United States who draw on their lived experience to form their opinion of Trump. It will be nice if you would give us the benefit of the doubt and acknowledge that we may know this guy better than you do.

Trump does not give a damn about you or any other African nation! Trump is not a Christian, so shame on you for believing otherwise! Shame on you for supporting someone who saw a black man sitting in his lobby as an eyesore.

Shame on you for professing to be Christians even as you support a conman who defrauds workers, sleeps with porn stars, separates children from their parents, denounces refugees fleeing war-torn locations, takes away food stamps from children, and who is actively working to take away health insurance from millions.

The Igbos pride themselves on being smart. Whatever caused you to parade for a man who is pushing the world toward anti-intellectualism? Were we not taught that God is love? What does your Bible say about lust, greed, wrath, envy, and pride? Are they still deadly sins or not?

We have a name for people who sympathize with their abusers. We need to see if this is a case of the Stockholm Syndrome or just another case of the regular, everyday colonial mentality.

I recognize that I am being tough here, but if you are willing to support a white supremacist who spends all day sowing division, then rest assured that I have no problem distancing myself from you and your values.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/11/shame-on-you-my-igbo-people/

Chioma Ugochukwu— Pennsylvania, I say you are a dumbass fool. Trump is a better Christian than Biden. I am not a Christian and it does not matter to me if a person is Christian or Muslim as long as the person faith does encumbrance on me. What you see is delusion and the stuff the airheads on CNN have injected into your psyche. Why would anybody give freaking damn about Africans? Africans do not give a slightest hoot about fellow African talk less Americans. You have flaunted your exclusive inferiors mentality in the public. Ndigbo in general do not have such inferior mentality in their blood. I am surprised you have not gravitated into absolute idiocy called racism. Hay joker, there is nothing such as racism. It is pure misnomer at best. When idiotic liberals in US want your vote, they tend to tap on your sentimentalism by stroking racism plank. There is only one race on earth and it is human. Joe Biden has been in government for 48 years, what did he do for Africans? Unlike Trump, Biden has never hired an African in any capacity throughout his freaking life. Joe Biden once said "He will never allow his kids to attend desegregated school system in US". He supported the legislation which called for strict jail term where African American men were tagged as "predators". Must every human being on earth show likeness to dumbass Africans?

owobokiri:
If I'm a resident in America, I would surely have voted for Trump! No emotions! Pure "defence mechanism". Biden was part of the Obama/Clinton/Democratic party gang that foisted Buhari on us, invaded Ivory coast with one empire biulding sarkozy, destroyed Libya to the benefits of ISIS and Boko Haram! Trump may have done nothing tangible for Africa, he didn't even visit BUT at least he wasn't caught raining bombs on my people! I believe quite strongly that the Black American politicians in the Democratic party have taken "tough love" for Africa to a totally dangerous territory. And I think they often become violent in Africa just to prove their loyalty to the American establishment..

My friend no one foist buhari on you, Jonathan was bad news and he had nothing to run on.

It was the Nigerian people who voted for buhari but right now i think they are re-examining their own role too in electing visionless leader, let face it the two candidates are almost the same so stop pushing that narrative.

And let me tell you today that HRC has more say in US foreign policy initiative than any member of obama administration so biden wasn't like the top shot caller.

owobokiri:
If I'm a resident in America, I would surely have voted for Trump! No emotions! Pure "defence mechanism". Biden was part of the Obama/Clinton/Democratic party gang that foisted Buhari on us, invaded Ivory coast with one empire biulding sarkozy, destroyed Libya to the benefits of ISIS and Boko Haram! Trump may have done nothing tangible for Africa, he didn't even visit BUT at least he wasn't caught raining bombs on my people! I believe quite strongly that the Black American politicians in the Democratic party have taken "tough love" for Africa to a totally dangerous territory. And I think they often become violent in Africa just to prove their loyalty to the American establishment..

No emotions! Really

Obama voted for Buhari in Nigeria?

Obama was the one that led to Arab spring that affected Gadafi who rulled Libya for 40years?

Where and When did Obama rain bombs on your people? You the Same Libyans selling your people as Slave in the 21st century are your people?

Obama only implemented a no fly zone over Libya targeting Gadafi's army who were killing their own people to stay in power.

If Gadafi had left immediately as the protest started like the Tunisia president or Egyptian president did, Libya won't be where it's today.

But wait, Would she have written all these rubbish if they marched for Biden?

You say Trump dosen't care about us, and so they shouldn't support him but does Biden give a shit about our existence?

People are entitled to their own opinions. I don't know why a group of people who used their own resources to match out for someone they supported should be shamed. Did they obstruct your way? Did they destroy any property in the process? Are you going to tell them who they should March out for and who they shouldn't?

Everybody must not support your preferred candidate . Get that into your skull.

shegzhkn:
My friend no one foist buhari on you, Jonathan was bad news and he had nothing to run on.

It was the Nigerian people who voted for buhari but right now i think they are re-examining their own role too in electing visionless leader, let face it the two candidate are almost the same so stop pushing that narrative.

And let me tell you today that HRC has more say in US foreign policy initiative than any member of obama administration so biden wasn't like the top shot caller.

Stop making it look like we do have elections in Nigeria. What we normally have every four years is a charade. Politicians pull all the tricks to "out-rig" each other! Obama and Camerons involvement tilted the balance of pressure in favour of Buhari. Otherwise he would have been rigged out as usual. The involvement of those two was decisive in making the next president, especially with the threats of sanctions and all that. Folks should stop talking up Nigerias elections as if there is any atom of credibility there. We don't have elections here, especially during the "presidential Elections", what we normally have are "selections".

Ibadansun1:
No emotions! Really

Obama voted for Buhari in Nigeria?

Obama was the one that led to Arab spring that affected Gadafi who rulled Libya for 40years?

Where and When did Obama rain bombs on your people? You the Same Libyans selling your people as Slave in the 21st century are your people?

Obama only implemented a no fly zone over Libya targeting Gadafi's army who were killing their own people to stay in power.

If Gadafi had left immediately as the protest started like the Tunisia president or Egyptian president did, Libya won't be where it's today.

ISIS starts protests in Benghazi and Gadaffi leaves? Is that how you run a country?
There are Protests in America against Obama, why didn't he resign? ISISS government in Libya imposed by Obama and Clinton are the ones that started the slavery of blacks in Libya. That was not the case during the period Gadaffi was in power!

Christistruth00:
This writer has completely changed my opinion about Igbo and their values.

I just couldn't understand how black people would support such an eminent racist as Trump.

I know Ojukwu received support from apartheid South Africa to the Shock of almost all other African Countries including the North African Arabs ( the President of Algeria personally told Azikiwe to call Ojukwu' to Order ) but that was over 50 years ago.

I had started to think that Igbo's value system was so faulty that they would have gladly supported the Nazi's and the KKK if they ran for elections .

I can see from this writer that that may not be true

You have every right to flaunt your ignorance in the public but no such right to state it as a factual fact. No human is racist unless you believe in the unintelligible idiosyncrasy of US. It is absolute display of ignorance to identify human beings with color. An intelligible human being understands earth has one race and it is just human. How could a person be a racist? What stops you from organizing your similar Nazi's and the KKK? Are you so mentally inferior you cannot stand up the so-called superracist group? Please shove this silly inferiority complex for good.

It is a dumbass act to insinuate that Republic of South Africa supported Biafra during the Nigeria\Biafra war. Republic of South Africa was surrogate of British government and would not even dream of supporting Biafra.

owobokiri:
ISIS starts protests in Benghazi and Gadaffi leaves? Is that how you run a country?
There are Protests in America against Obama, why didn't he resign? ISISS government in Libya imposed by Obama and Clinton are the ones that started the slavery of blacks in Libya. That was not the case during the period Gadaffi was in power!

So Isis that didn't even exist in 2011 all of sudden started a protest in Libya in 2011

Abi you were just born yesterday.

What about neighbouring Tunisia and Eygpt?

How come Isis didn't gain control there?

Dedetwo:
You have every right to flaunt your ignorance in the public but no such right to state it as a factual fact. No human is racist unless you believe in the unintelligible idiosyncrasy of US. It is absolute display of ignorance to identify human beings with color. An intelligible human being understands earth has one race and it is just human. How could a person be a racist? What stops you from organizing your similar Nazi's and the KKK? Are you so mentally inferior you cannot stand up a so-called superracist group? Please shove this silly inferiority complex for good.

Even Trump's determined rejection and obstruction of their Sister Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala for WTO Director General didn't dent their support for Trump one bit.
Meanwhile Buhari continued pleading for her to be given the Position.

ThatFairGuy:
Where's righteousness89 when you need him.

Don't avoid the thread of this your God-sent, Trump.

Chinekemeeee Just a few days ago, you guys were rejoicing that Igbos have lost out because you though Biden had been declared the president-elect.

Now reality is beginning to set in

Someone should tell this lady to stick her advice.

When Obama was throwing us under the bus, why didn't she say anything

When Obama was fighting left right and centre, to enthrone a WASC-less, dictatorial jihadist massacring president on Nigerians, she was nowhere to be found.

Abeg, Trump has my support. He is much more likely to protect the Christian populations of the world, than Biden or any democrat for that matter

Christistruth00:
Even Trump's determined rejection and obstruction of their Sister Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala for WTO Director General didn't dent their support for Trump one bit.

I guess not every position should be granted on mere sentiment. Yes, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is an Igbo daughter whom I would want to head any organization on earth. However there are certain criteria required for certain positions. Ngozi would be the first person to tell you she is not an Attorney or Lawyer. As a person who have jobbed in top notch corporate environment in US, WTO is intellectual property and trademark intensive. There are certain technological equipment my company cannot ship to certain countries. In addition, Ngozi has not represented Nigeria in any trade mission and besides Nigeria has no patent to its name.

Ibadansun1:
So Isis that didn't even exist in 2011 all of sudden started a protest in Libya in 2011

Abi you were just born yesterday.

What about neighbouring Tunisia and Eygpt?

How come Isis didn't gain control there?

Thought I was talking to someone intelligent..

omenka:
Someone who has lived in the States for over a decade is giving an account of her experience and drawing conclusions on the character of the president from her personal experience, yet, you who probably has NEVER stepped a fingernail on American soil will still dispute that, shouting CNN as though she said her judgement is based on what she watched on cnn.

Smh.

Account of what?

Account of CNN

Was donald trump not a member of the democratic party before running for president

OfoIgbo:
Chinekemeeee Just a few days ago, you guys were rejoicing that Igbos have lost out because you though Biden had been declared the president-elect.

Now reality is beginning to set in

Please which reality?
Biden is no more president elect?

owobokiri:
Thought I was talking to someone intelligent..

Mr man

ISIS didn't exist in 2011 when the Arab spring started, What we had then was Al qaeda in the Islamic magreb in north Africa.

And Gadafi had a good relationship with the Al qeada then, he only went after those that are against his leadership.

@ ARab spring

Arab spring started when a young man set himself on fire because of terrible economic situation in Tunisia then which sparked riot and revolt against leaders in the middle east who have spent decades in power. One such leader is Gadafi who have led Libya for decades, it had nothing to do with IsIs sir.

OfoIgbo:
Someone should tell this lady to stick her advice.

When Obama was throwing us under the bus, why didn't she say anything

When Obama was fighting left right and centre, to enthrone a WASC-less, dictatorial jihadist massacring president on Nigerians, she was nowhere to be found.

Abeg, Trump has my support. He is much more likely to protect the Christian populations of the world, than Biden or any democrat for that matter

Honestly, I'm perplexed you could say this.

Righteousness89:
We Live in a World of Voices!
Various voices are Speaking!
Irrespective of what man says!

What Matters is the voice of GOD..

Everyone will Give account for his Works on Earth!
What you think or say, is irrelevant!
I Stand Bodly on what I Stand! I will Never Support a Biden Presidency against a Trump!
GOD Forbid!
Even with a Knife on my Throat! I rather Die that support such!

The Cravings of the Flesh has Blinded the Eyes of man to see what is ahead!
I rather my Soul is Nourished than my flesh be Nourished!

The Good thing about Everything is that GOD is in Total Control! HE will always Rescue His own befor Wrath Hits.
He Did it in the Day of Noah!
He Did it in the Day of Lot!
We are in the World, but not of the World..

What is Important is for you and Me to be fully seated in JESUS Christ! The End is not Near! The End is Here! JESUS is Coming!
If you Miss Heaven at Rapture or Death , it is unfortunate and Pathetic!!

You again?

thebosstrevor1:
Account of what?

Account of CNN

Was donald trump not a member of the democratic party before running for president

Stop confusing yourself, he left Democratic in 80s.

Afamed:
Stop confusing yourself, he left Democratic in 80s.

He never left until he started campaigning against Hillary

modsfucker:
Igbos don't know what they want, they keep making bad choices and decisions since time immemorial... Was even surprised they stopped parading themselves as jews anymore.

Jew lies has been long busted hence the reversal

thebosstrevor1:
He never left until he started campaigning against Hillary

Do you still believe in your own lies?

The writer didn't make one sense.

Trump is not a Christian, trump supporters are all suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.

Imagine this coming out from the writer.

Biden is a Christian that supports abortion, gay rights and other perverted sexual stuff, how Christian he is?

Why should trump care about Africa?

Is trump the president of Africa or the African union president.

We are all suffering from Stockholm syndrome said the writer.

Biden has been a senator for 47 years, what did he do for black people, didn't he send them to jail when he called black people predators and his famous crime bills that sent lot of black men to jail.

So who is suffering from Stockholm syndrome

Afamed:
Do you still believe in your own lies?

The question is simple.

Wasnt he a democratic party member before?

Yes or no

Answer that simple question for yourself.