A US journalist, Kurt Eichenwald, has taken a swipe at President Donald Trump and his fellow Americans after he realised what the acronym, MAGA, means in Nigeria parlance.

MAGA, which was the bedrock that Trump’s campaign was built, stands for Make America Great Again. In Nigeria, it means “easily fooled idiot”.

When Eichenwald realised what MAGA means in Nigeria street lingo, he took to his Twitter page and suggested that Trump had Americans fooled.

He wrote,

Most amazing thing I have learned today.

MAGA – you know, like Make America Great Again – is in Nigerian parlance a word that means easily fooled idiot.

So, hey there all you MAGA folks – Nigeria knew what you were long before the rest of us did.

 

Most amazing thing I have learned today.

MAGA – you know, like Make America Great Again – is in Nigerian parlance a word that means easily fooled idiot.

So, hey there all you MAGA folks – Nigeria knew what you were long before the rest of us did.

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 1, 2018

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who knew trump could speak Nigerian, and from one of his so called shithole countries!

— RonB (@rbnewark) March 2, 2018

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— ⚜️Tru_Dat ⚜️ (@TruDatElton) March 1, 2018

Well as a Nigerian, when I first heard that slogan “MAGA” from Trump’s base during d election we Nigerians joked n laughed about it. I later thought to myself maybe Trump was a victim himself to such a scam and thought hey I will just play it on Americans…

— Omo-George (@jesushiloba) March 2, 2018

The same country "most of them" have never heard of knew Americans were only being played even before their election. Funny world https://t.co/3jDuoahJCK

— President O.B Olorunmaye (@Seunmaiye) March 2, 2018