intervened by providing vaccine and so on and so forth, it is not enough, especially given the goodwill america that is not translated into materials. host: i see your point. you were talking about the need for that potential to be translated into practical achievements on the ground. the trump administration is issuing all of those statements about the african continent. do you think that when you have those gaps it would be easy for the u.s. to bring about peace and stability to a place like africa where you have ethiopia, sudan, and somalia on the verge of more violence? guest: i think it is good that the biden administration is trying to reset in a positive way but the first thing it has to do is regain credibility, which it lost. people have memories of what is the united states has said or done, and that convinced some of us you have changed dramatically . [indiscernible] that is being translated into action on the ground. when you go around appearing to give orders to african countries, then something goes wrong, there is an assumption of superiority. people say who are you? respect and