President Donald Trump’s executive order that forbids birthright citizenship has drawn criticism from Laolu Akande, a former presidential communications aide.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
This was stated by the former African history lecturer at New York College during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday.
The action was one of the numerous executive orders that Trump signed upon taking office as US president. “Well, I’m not worried about Mr. Trump’s aspirations to be insular or his overarching agenda to restore America to its former glory. “I don’t mind at all,” stated the former Philadelphia Inquirer editor.
“What I find problematic are the ramifications of his political approach and rhetoric. For example, he wants to deny American-born persons their citizenship privileges. “Now, that’s going too far. There are many Nigerians who are entangled in that web, so even though you might claim that it doesn’t affect Nigeria, it does. He claims that Trump’s action is against the Constitution of the United States and goes against the “spirit” of the country’s founding fathers.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
