Sonko-Trump : La vérité contre la bienséance (par Adama Ndiaye)
The outcry that followed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko's statements during his press conference with Pascal Boniface has left a bitter taste. What exactly is the Senegalese head of government being criticized for? Daring to call a spate word. By describing Donald Trump as a "man of destabilization" rather than a "builder of peace," by pointing to the unjustified aggression against Iran and the brutal exfiltration of sitting presidents, Ousmane Sonko was simply stating the obvious. Who, in good faith, would dare deny such obvious truths?
We are told, with utmost caution, that this is not the point. That Senegal, geographically "small," cannot afford the luxury of scratching the American behemoth. Sonko is accused of overstepping his bounds in the face of a strangely elusive President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. Fine. But the argument of "diplomatic correctness" does not stand up to scrutiny.
Donald Trump is the very embodiment of transgression. From the repeated humiliations inflicted on his counterparts — from Zelensky to Ramaphosa — to the attacks bordering on the schoolyard against Macron or Starmer, the man is not bothered by any rules.
Just yesterday, he was attacking Pope Leo XIV in disgraceful terms, following the latter's pacifist manifesto. As the novelist Philip Roth so aptly wrote, Mr. Trump is not only an atypical politician, he is "an ignorant buffoon, a megalomaniac with empty rhetoric, devoid of any connection to reality, truth, or ethics."
Faced with such a figure who constantly pushes the boundaries of decency, silence is tantamount to abdication. Certainly, Ousmane Sonko's statement may seem like a futile gesture on the global geopolitical stage, but it has the merit of courage. It is beneficial that a voice from what Trump disdainfully called "shithole countries" reminds the powerful of their responsibilities.
The real problem lies not in Sonko's virulence, but rather in the disconcerting candor of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. His meeting with the American leader resulted in a display of troubling naiveté, going so far as to symbolically offer a Nobel Prize on a silver platter to someone who is working to destabilize the global balance.
Between excessive courtesy bordering on obsequiousness and the blunt frankness that defends principles of justice, the choice should be obvious. On this point, Mr. Sonko spoke not only for Senegal; he spoke for those who refuse to let brute force become the sole grammar of international relations. In this, he is quite simply right.
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