Former Kenyan President Calls on African Leaders To Quit ‘Crying’ Over Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze 

‘Why are you crying? It’s not your government. It’s not your country. He has no reason to give you anything,’ Mr. Kenyatta says.

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President Trump meets with President Kenyatta of Kenya in the Oval Office in 2018. Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images

In light of President Trump’s freeze on issuing aid to foreign countries, the former president of Kenya is urging African leaders to quit “crying” and take the 90-day aid pause as a “wakeup call.” 

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