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Like a movie: US Ambassador Donald Tapia makes ‘buzzy’ return
Donald Tapia, the US Ambassador to Jamaica
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December 16, 2020

Like a movie: US Ambassador Donald Tapia makes ‘buzzy’ return

Apparently, Donald

Tapia, the United States Ambassador to Jamaica, has a few funny bones that we

were not aware of until today.

Yes, BUZZ

fam, he made his return in fine style on Twitter.

On Wednesday

afternoon, Tapia, who was flown to the United States some weeks ago for a medical

procedure, shared a video on Twitter to signal his return.

RELATED STORY: Ambassador Donald Tapia to get medical treatment in the US

The 10-second

clip begins with Tapia’s back turned to the camera while a suspenseful

background score is being played. With a copy of a newspaper being held directly

in front of his face, Tapia turns in his chair to reveal his face (although it

wasn’t exactly hidden in the first place).

“I’m back,”

he says at the end of the clip, which is captioned: “Jamaica, mi deya!”

Jamaica, mi deya! — US Ambassador to Jamaica (@AmbassadorUS_JA)

Jamaica, mi deya! — US Ambassador to Jamaica (@AmbassadorUS_JA) pic.twitter.com/Jfrr6hzuKsDecember 16, 2020

The 82-year-old definitely scored some points for the video that has been viewed more than 13,000 times. It was also liked close to 400 times and retweeted more than 200 times.

“Dah one yah

bad still. I gotta give you that,” one person said.

“Best part

of my day. Thank you. Look forward to having you stick around,” another added.

Another social

media user said: “Tapia have a buzz.”

He was also commended

for his sense of humour.

Tapia’s

return comes more than a month after it was said that he would be going to the

United States to get non-life-threatening medical treatment.

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