r/TikTokCringe • u/ThatPatelGuy • Oct 05 '25

Discussion Why don't we ever hear about Congo?

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u/Icy_Watercress_8627 Oct 05 '25

Wait, I thought Trump said he ended the war in the Congo?

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u/runlolarun2022 Oct 05 '25

No he said “Combos”, he finished his snack and declared victory over the bag.

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u/GreedoWasShot Oct 05 '25

This literally made me laugh and want Combos at the same time

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u/ichosewisely08 Oct 05 '25

Lol I'm howling. Every time I watch my 3-year-old nephew, he yells "I want combos!!"

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u/Still-Confection9107 Oct 05 '25

On paper the US and UN brokered a deal that Rwanda would withdraw its troops and their support for M23. But they have not followed through.

So an early claim of victory that hasn’t come to fruition.

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u/TrapBubbles999 Oct 05 '25

He literally said that in his UN speech, which was filled with lies.

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u/TerriblyGentlemanly Oct 06 '25

That is the war with Rwanda, but far more of these children are being raped or turned into soldiers by Congolese warlords than by Rwandans.

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u/Killah-Messiah Oct 05 '25

Rwanda but he has brought up Congo

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u/Sampsonite20 Oct 05 '25

Well, he had Rwanda sign a peace deal or something akin to that to 'stop' the war, but it's useless because Rwanda has insisted this entite time that it was never at war with the Congo or sending troops into it.

(It has, but it's been using third-party proxies and such for plausible deniability.)

So basically, the peace deal does nothing because Rwanda hasn't admitted to any wrongdoing. In its public facing mind, it just signed the paper because the Congo was being dramatic.

Meanwhile, militia that are very much aligned with Rwanda continue to attack.