Nigerian restaurant displays portrait of Trump

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A portrait of Trump in Nigerian robes

hangs on the wall at this posh restaurant in Lagos

(SOUNDBITE) (English) MANAGER, SOUTH EATERY, JULIEN HAJAL, SAYING:

"Since we are serving...let me say, casual dining American food, that is why we have Donald Trump, but we gave it a little twist like as we do ourselves, usually we give everything like a bit of twist, so we give him a native dress, so we are in Nigeria, we are serving American food but we so we wanted to make a little twist."

Peter Udoakang created the painting in 2017

Courtesy: Peter Udoakang

(SOUNDBITE) (English) ARTIST, PETER UDOAKANG, SAYING:

"I love Trump's personality as a person because I feel one thing one thing I love about him is the fact that Trump could stand for Christians, I am a Christian also, and you know Trump...his radicalization of his government you know, to me I really admire Trump."

Courtesy: Living Christ Mission

58% of Nigerians have confidence in Trump

Source: Pew Research Center poll

despite his disparaging comments on African nations