Trump-Ramaphosa meeting: Ambush or Anticipated?
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Is it an anguishing ambush or masterful management of predictable volatility? As South Africa's leader visits the White House, US President Donald Trump waves fistfuls of newspaper cuttings that he claims prove a white genocide in Africa's powerhouse. He then pulls out screens to play a montage of video clips of a notoriously provocative opposition leader singing incendiary anti-Afrikaner songs.
Ramaphosa stated that his meeting with his US counterpart went very well, a positive assessment that might surprise some, especially considering the chaotic and impolite reception he received from Trump. Earlier this month, Trump welcomed dozens of white South Africans, known as Afrikaners, as refugees, claiming they were victims of genocide—an assertion that was widely mocked by South Africans of all stripes. On Wednesday, Trump dimmed the lights and presented a collage of footage, which he argued supports his concerns.
