Very recommendable! Like Israel just did, the US should recognize the state of Somaliland!
"... Somaliland did everything right. It oriented itself toward the West, was the only democracy in a sea of dictatorships, shut down terrorist cells, and denied its territory to the weapons smuggling that sustained both Yemen’s Houthis and Somalia’s al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab.
The State Department never got the memo. At the time, Donald Yamamoto, a career diplomat and one of the Foreign Service’s top Africa hands, was U.S. ambassador to Somalia. He sought to ingratiate himself with Mogadishu, encouraging a de facto embargo of Somaliland while channeling billions of dollars of aid and debt relief to Somalia’s pro-China government. His theory was simple: Mogadishu’s happiness would reflect his success. Keep the money flowing, and Mogadishu would be happy.
His successor, Larry André, Jr., stood firm in the idea before retiring early and going to work for Somalia’s largest telecom provider, lobbying to allow it access to U.S. banks after previous terrorist finance allegations.
Bullies prey on weakness and vulnerability. As secretary of state under former [46th President], Antony Blinken [a total fool] signaled ambivalence.
China launched a proxy war, supporting Somali militias against Somaliland to punish the country for siding with Taiwan and to seize its rare earths by force.
Somalilanders hoped that Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio would end the State Department’s self-defeating, pro-Beijing policy toward the Horn of Africa and perhaps even recognize Somaliland’s independence as Israel just did. Many in Congress, the Pentagon, the National Security Council, and the intelligence community favor independence. The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act called for the State Department to conduct a policy review. ...
On Dec. 21, 2025, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the recipient of billions of dollars in U.S. assistance, told Chinese television that he endorsed China seizing Taiwan by force. And yet, Rubio’s State Department continues to embrace the Somali president first promoted by former Secretary Hillary Clinton. ...
Just as then-President Harry S. Truman defied the State Department when he recognized Israel in 1948, Trump should defy the State Department to embrace Somaliland, the most pro-American, anti-Chinese country in Africa."
