{"id":295839,"date":"2017-02-20T13:32:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T13:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=295839"},"modified":"2017-02-20T13:32:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T13:32:12","slug":"robert-mugabe-give-donald-trump-a-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/robert-mugabe-give-donald-trump-a-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Mugabe: Give Donald Trump a chance"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Donald Trump should be given a chance to prove himself, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe says.<\/p>\n
He went on to express his support for Mr Trump’s America-first policy, saying “America for Americans” and “Zimbabwe for Zimbabweans”.<\/p>\n
It is unusual for the veteran head of state to publicly back any US president.<\/p>\n
The US imposed sanctions such as travel bans and an assets freeze on Mr Mugabe and his allies in 2001.<\/p>\n
The sanctions were imposed over allegations of human rights abuses and election rigging.<\/p>\n
Zimbabwe’s government says they caused the country’s economic collapse.<\/p>\n
Most experts however blame Mr Mugabe’s seizure of white-owned farms, which used to be Zimbabwe’s economic backbone.<\/p>\n
With Mr Trump’s reputation for being unconventional, Mr Mugabe is hoping his administration might decide to lift the sanctions.<\/p>\n
“Give him time,” Zimbabwe’s leader said of Mr Trump in an interview aired ahead of his 93rd birthday on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“Mr Trump might even re-look [at] the sanctions on Zimbabwe.”<\/p>\n