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What Ruto presidency might be like during Trump's second term

President William Ruto sits on Joe Biden's seat in the Oval Office, White House, on May 23, 2024. [PCS, Standard]

Around 1820, an Austrian diplomat and statesman Klemens von Metternich, said, "When Paris sneezes, the rest of Europe catches a cold". Later in the 20th century and now in the 21st century, this phrase has changed to "When America sneezes, the whole world catches a cold".

On Monday, January 20, 2025, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the US.

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