Two people were in the global news in Africa yesterday -- Melania Trump in her colonial hat rolling around Kenya -- and Dr. Denis Mukwege, with his Nobel Peace Prize, co-shared with Nadia Murad.

I spent my time writing Friday about the revered Dr. Mukewege, who I’ve followed for over a decade. One wonders just how much funding Trump has cut to the women in the Congo and across Africa. It's billions.

Regarding Melania Trump, to roll into Africa looking like she just stepped out of the colonial masters period is just too much. I'm tired of her making statements with clothes and then professing that we are attacking her and not listening to her voice.

Can you see Michelle Obama rolling around Kenya in a hat that is deeply rooted in Africa's colonial past? I am totally sick of the Trump masquerade. That outfit was total BS and she knows it. Just as I gave Susan Collins the benefit of the doubt, I've given Melania Trump the same long line. No more.

Melania Trump should have cruised up to Dr. Mukwege's hospital as Hillary Clinton did. The experience grabbed Hillary to her very soul and in a rare moment of her always self-composed self, she visibly wept listening to the women's stories.

And then we would have been prepared with the list of cuts that Melania Trump's husband -- backed by the Catholic Church and so-called Christian conservatives -- have delivered to the women of Africa. Instead of saying that Africans should be on their knees thanking America for our foreign aid, she should have had the balls to stand at the mic and list the CUTS the US has delivered to African women.

Melania Trump reminds me why I'm getting close to fully identifying myself as a global citizen. I want NO PART of her fashion antics. She's a white nationalist just like her husband, and her fashion look is DISGUSTING!!!

Give me Dr. Denis Mukwege any day. His commitment to humanity and improving the lives of women is fearless and breathtaking!

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