Trump likely to confront South Africa's Ramaphosa over equity...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : The meeting between Trump and Ramaphosa marks a pivotal moment in strained U.S.-South Africa relations, which have soured over diverging positions on racial equity laws and international diplomacy.
41% : The two heads of state are scheduled to meet on Wednesday, and South African officials have been preparing a trade proposal to present to Trump to reset the relationship.
27% : Trump, Ramaphosa scheduled to meet on Wednesday * Trump likely to raise equity mandates, trade imbalance, Afrikaners * Ramaphosa is seeking to reset relations with the US By Nandita Bose, Tim Cocks and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON/JOHANNESBURG, May 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to raise several issues in a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday, including seeking an exemption for U.S. companies from laws requiring equity ownership by disadvantaged groups, a White House official told Reuters.
26% : Trump is also expected to address slow economic growth in South Africa and what the official described as the "trade imbalance" and "persecution of Afrikaners," who are descendants of mostly Dutch early settlers and also sometimes called Boers.
24% : Trump has taken aim at South Africa during his second term, criticizing its land reform policies and its genocide case against U.S. ally Israel at the International Court of Justice.
20% : " Trump has said, without evidence, that Afrikaners were being killed and that a genocide was taking place.

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