U.S. Ambassador Mocks Trump With Gift To Somalia’s President
On Friday the U.S. Ambassador to Somalia, Stephen Schwartz, presented a gift to the new President of Somalia, a hat that reads “Make Somalia Great Again.”
Ambassador Schwartz was appointed by former President Barack Obama and was sworn into his position in June 2016 according to the International Business Times.
Reactions to this gesture on twitter were overwhelmingly negative because let’s face it: Somalia has never been great. Somalia is on President Trump’s travel ban list because of the overwhelming presence of Islamic terrorism within the country. The movie Black Hawk Down which is based on the true story of the Battle of Mogadishu also is in Somalia where American soldiers were killed.
US2SOM Amb Schwartz had a fruitful mtng w Pres Farmaajo 2day + presented the Pres with a cap “MAKE SOM GREAT AGAIN” https://t.co/rXHgpWFp pic.twitter.com/EWFdrRipv3
— U.S. Mission-Somalia (@US2SOMALIA) February 17, 2017
Twitter Reactions
Embarrassing that a diplomat would present this hat to a leader of a country whose citizens were part of the dubious immigration EO. https://t.co/SZcTKrBap5
— Josh Busby (@busbyj2) February 18, 2017
Disgusting sense of humor. @HarunMaruf
— – (@HassanPRG) February 17, 2017
@US2SOMALIA: This slogan doesn’t belong in Somalia!!! Somalia is moving forward from divisive politics. @aysanei @M_Farmaajo
— Safia Ahmed (@SafiaNurAhmed) February 18, 2017
Make Somalia Great Again? Seriously? 😣 Gosh – our administration is a world class embarrassment #LastWeekTonight
— Mrs. Super Shark♥ (@7Kellx) February 20, 2017
US Ambassador giving Somali President a “Make Somalia Great Again” hat. This is real life. https://t.co/L9TKD5UzCr
— jρ (@counterjihader) February 18, 2017
*bans somalia from the US*
*gives somali Pres. a make somalia great again hat*Absolutely amazing international relation work. https://t.co/SaPHuXcpLr
— what do i put here? (@Ismael_Hashim) February 20, 2017
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