The Presidency has likened the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Celebration, Peter Obi, to former US President and Republican candidate for the US 2024 election, Donald Trump.
The Senior Particular Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Bola Tinubu, Temitope Ajayi, made the comparability in a submit on X.com on Wednesday following the US presidential debate between Trump and Democratic candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Peter Obi is the Nigeria model of Donald Trump. Like Obi, Trump will use probably the most destructive epithets conceivable to explain a rustic he desires to steer once more simply to make some extent and rile up his base,” he wrote.
Throughout the debate, Harris and Trump clashed on many points starting from abortion rights to immigration, as each candidates sought to sway voters in a tightly contested race.
Ajayi added, “Kamala Harris prosecuted Trump very nicely of their first head to head debate yesterday night time. Kamala convincingly received the controversy and left nobody doubtful about his capability.
“Vice President Harris knew Trump’s weak point and set traps for him. Trump fell for her baits. Each candidates have been fact-checked on their claims within the debate. Whereas Harris was reported to have made only one incorrect declare, Trump made 33 false claims in the identical 90 minutes debate.”
Media experiences highlighted that Trump incessantly engaged with Harris’s provocations, reiterating conspiracy theories and false claims concerning the 2020 election and immigration.
The previous president was consistently fact-checked by debate moderators however Trump solely doubled down on his assertions similar to claiming that immigrants are consuming canine and pets of US residents.
“In Springfield, they’re consuming the canine — the folks that got here in — they’re consuming the cats, they’re consuming the pets of the folks that stay there. And that is what’s occurring in our nation,” Trump stated, contradicting the Springfield metropolis supervisor, who stated such accusations had no foundation in reality.
The 2024 US elections are scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.