Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that God allowed Donald Trump to become the President of United States of America so that America can be humbled.
The former President Obasanjo stated this at an event held at the French Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.
He said that while Africa may still need foreign direct investment, it was time for the continent to show the rest of the world that it can take charge of its own future.
Obsanjo who expressed delight at the turn of events in America, added that: ‘‘The fact that America can produce a Trump in this day and age, it means Americans are as human as we are.
‘”I am not justifying what African leaders are doing. If our leaders are doing wrong, we should say that they are doing wrong.
“Trump has come by Divine Will so that America can be humbled, and we can also learn a lesson.
“Nobody can do it for us, and it is all of us, and if we do it, we will get it right.”
