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		</div><p>Somalia-based Islamic extremists al-Shabab have mocked US president Donald Trump in a new video that calls him a &#8220;brainless billionaire&#8221; as his administration steps up military efforts against the group.</p>
<p>The new video said US voters elected &#8220;arguably the most stupid president a country could ever have&#8221; and said Mr Trump is &#8220;making the United States the greatest joke on earth and is now propelling it further to its eventual defeat and destruction&#8221;.</p>
<p>The SITE Intelligence Group said the video also addresses next month&#8217;s presidential election in neighbouring Kenya.</p>
<p>The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab has claimed a growing number of deadly attacks in Kenya as the election approaches, with Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta declaring a new offensive against the extremists this month.</p>
<p>Mr Trump earlier this year approved expanded military operations against al-Shabab, including more aggressive air strikes and considering parts of southern Somalia areas of active hostilities.</p>
<p>Somalia is also included in Mr Trump&#8217;s ban on refugees and visitors from six mostly Muslim countries.</p>
<p>The extremist group has vowed retribution on Kenya in particular for sending its troops to Somalia to take part in a multinational African Union force against al-Shabab.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;Your military&#8217;s invasion of Somalia will continue to destabilise your country,&#8221;</i> the new al-Shabab video said. <i>&#8220;When we do strike, your government will not be able to protect you.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Somalia is trying to rebuild after more than two decades as a failed state, and its chaos helped fuel al-Shabab&#8217;s rise.</p>
<p>The extremist group last year killed more than 4,200 people, according to the Pentagon-supported Africa Centre for Strategic Studies.</p>
<p>Al-Shabab has vowed to step up attacks against Somalia&#8217;s recently elected government and has carried out numerous deadly attacks in the capital, Mogadishu.</p>
<p>Pressure is growing on Somalia&#8217;s military to assume full responsibility for the country&#8217;s security.</p>
<p>The 22,000-strong African Union multinational force, which has been supporting the fragile central government, plans to start withdrawing in 2018 and leave by the end of 2020.</p>
<p>The US military has been among those expressing concern that Somalia&#8217;s forces are not yet ready.</p>
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