President Donald Trump said he would soon be reopening U.S. embassies and consulates abroad in Africa and the Middle East as he tries to rebuild American businesses.
The tweet came hours after he said he plans to appoint “top executives” to lead his transition team to revive U.N. peacekeeping operations in the countries of the world.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Trump tweeted that the U.K. would soon begin sending peacekeepers to the Gambia, Egypt, Djibouti and Yemen, which have been hit by years of political turmoil.
“We will soon be opening U. S. embassies in each of these countries.
We will be hiring top executives to lead our transition team,” Trump said.”
As soon as we’re able, we will reopening embassies,” he said.
U.S.-African relations have soured in recent years, as President Donald Trumps administration has sought to isolate African nations for their failure to act on human rights abuses and corruption.
In his tweet, Trump said that the first African nations to receive U. N. peacekeepers would be Gambia and the Gambian government, which has been criticized for its human rights record.
Trump has said that he wants to “get rid of” the U and “have some of these people that we’ve got, that we have that are killing us.”
The White House says Trump has been trying to “deconflict” relations with the nations, but that it has been slow to implement.
Trump also has said he wants the U to resume its involvement in the Ummah, the Muslim religious body that rules over Muslim-majority nations.
The U.M.B.H. has accused the White House of trying to impose its own Islamic interpretation on the UOBA, a U.O.A.B., the UOMB, and other regional body bodies.
