Africa’s opportunity in Trump’s transactional world lies in new alliances beyond Washington
Daily Maverick | 08.02.2026 19:26
I’ve spent 30 years hauling cameras through the mud of Rwanda’s hills and the suffocating heat of Baghdad. I’ve seen empires stumble into Africa and retreat just as quickly, usually leaving a mess behind. But a year into Donald Trump’s second term, the “America First” doctrine has morphed into something I didn’t quite expect. It isn’t the cold, hard “Art of the Deal” realism some of us hoped for. It’s a wrecking ball.
