We never fail to saddle up with the worst of the worst.
A mentally incapacitated neocon surrounded by perpetual war neocons
https://theintercept.com/2024/03/25/biden-equatorial-guinea-teodoro-obiang-aid/ Maybe if our Department of State was more diplomatic, our relations with other African countries would be better, but all they are these days is a giant ball of threats.
Even worse, some of the countries where we are losing a foothold because of coups . . . some of the coup plotters were trained by the United State. Reminiscent of DOD backed "moderate rebels" fighting against CIA backed "moderated rebels" in Syria. Moderate Rebels = Hardcore fundamentalist jihadists, of course.