The President, Centre For Change, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, has said United States President Donald Trump will restore stability in troubled global regions by curbing terrorist groups’ activities and reining in their sponsors.
Odumakin made this known in a Monday statement titled, “America’s Baton Change and the World,” obtained by The PUNCH.
She stated that as the international community applauded former President Joe Biden’s diplomacy in the Middle East, Trump’s emergence had equally sent positive signals.
The human rights activist said, “As the international community applauds Biden’s diplomacy in the region, President Donald Trump’s ascendancy has equally sent positive signals which would definitely expand the peace process in the troubled region.
“In addition to that, it is anticipated that Trump’s administration would restore stability in the region by curtailing the activities of terrorist groups and their sponsors.
“Ongoing negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme are expected to produce a deal acceptable to the global community.”
She also stated that Trump’s controversial position on immigration may not be as harsh as it has been perceived in Africa and other parts of the developing world.
Odumakin noted that the US President’s insistence on shutting the borders against illegal immigrants could hardly be faulted. “No serious government anywhere can condone illegal immigration and thereby compromise its national security,” she said.
On global economy, she suggested that Trump’s pre-pandemic tax cuts, which strengthened the American economy should be re-enacted to benefit the greatest number of ordinary citizens.
Trump was in 2017 elected as the 45th President of the US in his first tenure, but lost his re-election bid to Biden in 2020.
Trump won the 2024 presidential elections four years after, and was sworn in as the 47th President for a second term on Monday.
Odumakin commended former President Joe Biden’s administration for its efforts to promote peace in the Middle East, particularly the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
She said Biden’s legacy included the Israel-Hamas peace deal, which she said was similar to former President Jimmy Carter’s brokered historic Camp David Accord between Israel and Egypt.