Kinshasa reacts to Trump's claim that 'many' Congolese come to US

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Kinshasa reacts to Trump's claim that 'many' Congolese come to US  Residents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s capital, Kinshasa reacted to comments made by US President Donald Trump about foreign migrants last week.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/04/21/kinshasa-reacts-to-trumps-claim-that-many-congolese-come-to-us  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00comments by the United States president Donald Trump about foreign migrants last week have

00:08elicited mixed reactions in the Democratic Republic of Congo Trump while speaking to

00:15the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni say that many migrants flocking to the United States

00:21are coming from the Congo our country the Democratic Republic of Congo is a good country

00:29in the heart of the African continent we are a country that is so rich that we are not selfish

00:35we don't harass foreigners in the streets to ask for the identity papers it was not the first time

00:43the American president has made such statements about an African country Trump's comments have

00:49drawn much criticism with some of the Kinshasa residents drawing comparisons between Congo and

00:55United States Congo is a prosperous country unlike any of its neighbors we find everything here we

01:05have beautiful wildlife to admire like elephants or copies and lions we lack nothing the important thing

01:17is that Congo is a rich and a hospitable country we want foreigners to come so that we can develop this

01:23great immense Congo in March president Trump declare that no one had ever heard of Lesotho during a

01:34speech criticizing some US foreign aid contracts as a waste of money

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