BNP 035: Tanzania Burns: 98% Sham Vote, and Is Trump's Threat to Invade Nigeria Serious?

In this episode of Bad Natives Podcast, we dissect two storms shaping global power and perception — one in Tanzania, and one in Washington.

In Tanzania’s October 2025 election, President Samia Suluhu Hassan secured a Soviet-style 98% victory, the kind of landslide that says less about popularity and more about the performance of power. Opposition leaders were jailed, rallies were banned, and protests in Dar es Salaam met the barrels of police guns. The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party — long revered as a symbol of unity and calm — watched its myth of stability collapse into smoke and fire.

From the outside, it looked like just another African election.
From the inside, it felt like déjà vu: democracy choreographed to look convincing, even as the votes screamed otherwise.

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, Donald Trump returned to the headlines with a promise as dangerous as it was familiar — to send U.S. troops to Nigeria to “protect Christians” and cut aid to governments “tolerating Islamic terrorism.” His threat, delivered with trademark bravado, reignites old questions about American intervention in Africa, religious politics, and who gets to define “protection” in a continent that’s still healing from external saviors.

From Dar es Salaam to Washington, this is a story of democracy, delusion, and divine justification — how power dresses itself up, whether in a pantsuit or a red tie, and how the people always pay the price.