>
U.S President Donald Trump reportedly referred to President Muhammadu Buhari as lifeless after both leaders met in April.
According to Financial Times, Trump was not impressed with Buhari during the meeting even though Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, described the visit as a sign of the growing cooperation between the US and Nigeria.
“He (Buhari) is the President of the most populous country in Africa, the president of the country with the largest economy in Africa. And I think it’s probably the fact that the world is now understanding that Nigeria is very strategic not just to the sub-region but the entire Africa,” Mohammed had said.
But Financial Times quoted three sources familiar as saying Trump told his aides that he never wanted to meet someone as lifeless as Buhari again.
Below is a screenshot from the Financial Times publication: