America’s President Trump may have low ratings in America, but in Nigeria, despite his nationalist rhetoric, Trump is a popular president.
And one Nigerian street painter, has found his muse! On display at his street stall, in a large painting of President Trump, but with a difference – he’s in a Nigerian military uniform, reminiscent of Nigeria’s old military dictators such as Abacha or IBB.
“I need to be creative and I painted Donald Trump in the military uniform of a dictator because of people dying in our country, Nigeria,” explains Sunshine Artworld, the painter. “Donald Trump is a business man, but he acts like a military dictator.”
In a Poll Research Survey, a poll in 2017 found that 67% of Nigerian view Donald Trump favourably. One of the few countries globally to hold such an favourable opinion, especially since Trump promotes particular nationalist policies, such as a wall along the Mexican border.
According to TweetMaps, over 700,000 Nigerians follow Trump on Twitter – 2% of his total followers, the 5th highest share of Trump’s followers are Nigerians! (US, UK, India, Canada, Nigeria!)
“Trump is not just wearing a dictator’s military uniform in the painting – he’s wearing a Nigerian military uniform. So, the painting is trying to depict something about his personality. So it tells me that Trump is no different from what we have in Nigeria,” explains a Lagos trader as he explains what he thinks the painting means.
President Trump rarely says much about Nigeria, but in June 2017, he met two of the kidnapped Chibok girls – Bishara and Pogu – who managed to escape. 217 girls were kidnapped in 2014 by Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria and the #BRingBackOurGirls hashtag campaign was launched.
But among the people we asked – opinions of Donald Trump’s American presidency remain mixed so far.
“I would buy the painting to mock the American system,” says the Lagos trader.
“I wish I could have been in that White House to see him one on one,” says Sunshine Artworld. We wonder if Donald Trump himself will watch the video and buy a copy of the painting!
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dwl that guy is super talented
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Forget whatever the liberal media is telling you about Trump. Trump is quite popular in the US. Obama didn’t do shit for Blacks, Nigerians or Africa as a whole. The only shit Obama did was try to impose his FAGGOT agenda to Africa. Fuck Obama I’m Black from Nigeria & yes I voted for TRUMP and I will vote for him again.
We should all focus on the talent, We have a lot of wasted talents in Nigeria, if it was to be in the USA….This guy will be popular.
Very soon Trump will build a tall wall in Nigeria😂😂😂
And i have noticed Nigerians add ooo as they speak😂😂
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donald trump is trash
I’m American and love Battabox!! This one video was very cool. I LOOVE THE PAINTER!!!!
I am a painter and admire other painters..
BATTABOX~Please give the painter my email address [email protected]
I WANT TO BUY A TRUMP PAINTING FROM HIM!!
Would appreciate you to pass this on to him PLEASE🙏🏾😘
GREAT ART, GREAT ARTIST, painting FROM his HEART. Reminds me of Robbie Conal street art, conal is a great artist that paints politicians just like this artist in Nigeria. let me tell you: Trump is striaght up ratfuck NAZI white supermacist. PERIOD. never in my life did i believe that in the USA we would have people supporting white supremacy NAZI ideology in 2017 out in the OPEN, no less electing this KKK clown wanna-be military dictator as ‘president’. Great video thanks!