The men before him used Ethiopian troops too, and they would've continued the tradition.
The Ethiopians have learned how to tame and use our previous presidents. But with TPLF out of power Farmajo has managed to convince this new Ethiopian administration to respect Somalia's sovereignty. He turned the tables around, and now has all the support hes need from his allies. Abiy Ahmed siding with Somalia during the IGAD conference and telling Uhuru to respect Somalia's sovereignty is an excellent example. When was the last time an Ethiopian PM listened to anything a Somali President had to say? They were pimp slapping Abdullahi Yusuf in Villa Somalia. The whole fucking president and also remember to keep in mind, it was Yusuf who brought those same Ethiopians into Mogadishu. When people learn to respect themselves, then the folks around them will begin to take notice.
AY was wrong for what he did.
To my knowledge, HSM and SSA did not use Ethiopian troops. Farmaajo's case is similar to AY, the principal difference being the Ethiopian administration.
Farmaajo too answered to the tplf before they were toppled by Abiy. The clearest example was the extradition of the veteran Qalbi Dhagax
All that happened was that the Ethiopian administration changed. Unlike the tplf, Abiy is quite far sighted and wants to integrate Somalia, hence the 4 key ports he'll partly own.
Farmaajo's alliance with the Ethiopians is quite unique. To simply accuse the previous guys of doing the same is factually incorrect. To simply claim it is the status quo means to brush over it as something trivial. But it isn't trivial, our sovereignty is literally at stake here
I'll be honest, I think those who support Farmaajo are either naive, or dishonest. It seems there's a heavy clan influenced opinion being masqueraded as nationalist. If this wasn't the case, how could a Somali simply trivalise a president using Ethiopian/xabashi/historical enemies/Galbeed occupiers on Somalis?