President Trump's ''Irish Proverb''Appears To Be A Nigerian Poem

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According to CNN,a Nigerian man said he was surprised to learn that the U.S president had read a few lines from his poetry at an event marking Saint Patrick's day.According to him,''my sister just brought the news to me,i didn't want to believe what she said initially''.


Albasheer Adam Alhassan,a Nigerian banker who wrote the poem while in college said,''i posted those things when i was back in school,over 10 years ago,i never thought it would get to this level'',maybe i shouldn't have been a banker,maybe i should have been a poet all my life''.

The U.S president who was at a luncheon with Irish prime minister Enda Kenny on Thursday said,''As we stand together with our Irish friends,i am reminded of that proverb-and this is a good one,this is one i like,

I have heard it for many,many years and i love it'','Always remember to forget the friends that proved untrue,but never forget to remember those that have stuck by you''.
''We know that politically speaking, a lot of us know that,we know it well,it's a great phrase'',he added.And the irony is that many Irish twitter users said they have never heard this proverb before.