Trump has gone mad.
Here defending Saudi Crown Prince MBS over the killing of Jamal
Khashoggi inside the Saudi Embassy in Turkey.
Trump gets away with a lot of bad stuff ..
Because no one calls him out on his bad behavior and actions..
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It is interesting that American senators can now see the idiotic aspect of Donald Trump’s policy towards Africa, or rather his lack of any coherent African policy.
Labelling South Africa as a “genocide republic” was one of the worst diplomatic mistakes the United States could have made, because bringing back South Africa into America’s sphere of influence will now take a great deal of time, money, and political capital.
In a world with two competing powers, America and China, it was absurd for Trump to behave as he did.
His lies about an “Afrikaner genocide” and his racist programme of fast-tracking so-called refugees from the Afrikaner community while denying refugee status to anyone with dark skin was one of the most foolish and self-defeating policies America has ever pursued.
It damaged American credibility, insulted an entire continent, and played directly into the hands of rival global powers.
South Africa is a country that will never collapse, and Donald Trump’s failure to understand which countries matter most on the continent shows how badly he misread Africa.
He could not even figure out which states anchor regional politics and economics.
That is why South Africa refused to be manipulated by his, for lack of a better word, crazy foreign policy towards South Africa and the continent.
Anybody who wants to do anything serious in Africa knows that they will almost certainly have to talk to South Africa if coordination across multiple African countries is required.
South Africa is the powerhouse of the continent, whether people like it or not.
I am glad that these American senators have finally realised this, but it may be too late for the Trump administration.
It will take another president, with a serious worldview, to invest the time and resources needed to bring South Africa back into the American sphere of influence.
From Henry Kissinger to every major American Secretary of State, South Africa was always treated as strategically important.
In a world full of uncertainty, it is astonishing for an American president to embarrass himself and his country by lying about a South African genocide that does not exist, and by allowing groups within his MAGA orbit to spread nonsense about Christians being killed in South Africa.
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It is ridiculous.
It makes America look embarrassingly cheap.
If a country that claims the world’s biggest military and intelligence infrastructure can put out such childish lies, then even young children will struggle to take an American president seriously, because young children know there is no genocide in South Africa.
You simply cannot take America seriously under this administration. It has become a global joke, a government full of clowns and white supremacists.
There is only one way to treat Trump Arrogance , Ignorance , Stupidity and Entitlement …
Just ignore him and do not give his antics any publicity …
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