Trade will continue to define America-Kenya relations

Against all odds and widespread predictions to the contrary, maverick real estate billionaire and Republican Donald Trump was recently elected as the 45th president, humbling favourite Democratic Party contender, former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Indeed, the election year has been an unprecedented tough period for the US as the campaigns nearly tore the country down the middle. This was because of some of Trump’s controversial election pledges, like saying he would expel large numbers of immigrants and place all Muslims under surveillance. At an international level, many leaders and ordinary citizens fear Trump might alienate America from the rest of the world politically, socially and economically.