Oyo, 06 November, 2024 / 11:51 pm (ACI Africa).
Donald Trump, the President-elect of the United States of America (U.S.), will need “more than” Solomon’s wisdom to facilitate healing among Americans following what has been described as a divisive election.
In an interview with ACI Africa on Wednesday, November 6, the day Trump’s victory was confirmed, Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo in Nigeria weighed in on the U.S. President-elect’s pledge to help heal America during his acceptance speech early November 6, hours before his re-election was made official.
“This was, I believe, the greatest political movement of all time ... There’s never been anything like this in this country, and maybe beyond,” Mr. Trump said in Florida, and added, “And now it’s going to reach a new level of importance because we’re going to help our country heal.”
In the interview, Bishop Badejo said, “The new American President just spoke of helping America to heal. That is really understated in America, which was deeply polarized by the rhetorics and conduct towards the elections.”
“President Trump needs an update of character, of rhetorics and more than the wisdom of Solomon to be a gentleman president to achieve that healing,” the Local Ordinary of Oyo Diocese who doubles as the President of the Pan African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS), an entity of the Symposium of Episcopal Conference of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), said.
