Debating Trump "Ambush" of South African President With "White Genocide' Lies | naked capitalism

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Trump has using his advantage of 14 years of practice as a reality TV star by putting leaders of other nations on the hot seat in the White House and holding impromptu press events.
54% : South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met with Trump at the White House, accompanied by prominent Caucasian compatriots including Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen, business mogul Johann Rupert -- the country's richest person -- and golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, both of whom know the U.S. president.
50% : Even as he acknowledges that Palestinians are starving in Gaza, Trump has backed Israel with billions of dollars in armed aid and diplomatic support.
44% : Writing for The Intercept, South African author Sisonke Msimang noted Wednesday that the Afrikaners granted refuge by Trump "are not impoverished or persecuted, and therefore do not warrant the label refugee." "It is worth pointing out that the new arrivals represent the bottom rung of the Afrikaner socioeconomic ladder: those who have not been able to transition smoothly into post-apartheid South Africa without the protections that white skin privilege would have afforded them a generation ago," she continued.
43% : Much to the rage of Israel and its enablers, President Trump apparently included.
35% : When Ramaphosa -- who condemned the song -- explained this to Trump, the U.S. president asked why the politician hasn't been arrested.
34% : Sam Husseini is less forgiving than the Common Dreams piece is below, in that he depicts South Africa President Rhamposa as too concerned about getting "deals" for South Africa, and thus not being willing to stand up to Trump.
32% : Trump didn't sneak up on him as he walked out of his house.
24% : I have no problem with Trump raising the issue of the attacks on white South African farmers....
24% : Sadly, Ramaphosa let Trump get away with this stunt.
22% : "I would say, if there was Afrikaner farmer genocide, I can bet you these three gentlemen would not be here, including my minister of agriculture," Ramaphosa told Trump.
21% : Here is what I wish President Ramaphosa should have said back to Trump: Mr. President, your accusation that my government is engaged in genocide is false and libelous.
20% : Ramaphosa Failed to End the Appeasement of Imperial Israel, so He Got Hosed by Trump: Outlets like Common Dreams and RT claim that Trump "ambushed" South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.. Baloney.
18% : Here, Trump even had a video prepared, showing he had carefully clearly planned to make South Africa look bad.
18% : The Washington Post reports: .....Trump amplified false claims that White Afrikaners have been victims of a genocide, even showing video of crosses and earthen mounds that he said represented more than 1,000 grave sites of murdered farmers.
17% : During the three-hour meeting, Trump cited far-right sources including the conspiracy site American Thinker to argue the existence of white genocide in South Africa.
12% : From his post: Donald Trump put on a bizarre show trial today in the Oval Office, berating South African President Ramaphosa for allowing genocide in South Africa.
11% : Olivier Boyd-Barret points out that the US mainstream media is not buying what Trump was selling: The Hill reports that Trump today used South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as his foil, basing his pro-Musk "evidence" on a video of incendiary remarks from South African politicians though not, as Trump falsely claimed, "officials."
6% : Responding to Wednesday's meeting, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said on social media that "Trump spewed a gusher of lies in his meeting
4% : Ramaphosa should have been wagging his finger at Trump over a real, accelerating genocide in which Trump plays a central role -- ISRAEL IS KILLING SCORES OF PEOPLE EVERY DAY -- instead, he let Trump wag his finger at him about a fake one.

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