drkohler said:
What I really don't understand is what the SA president did here. It was perfectly obvious what was going to happen, a Selenski-style "meeting". Trump more than signaled it with his comments about "white genocide" the days and weeks ahead of the "meeting". The African president should have been thoroughly prepared for what Trump was going to do and how to counterattack. I don't think South Africa is that dependent on the US so there was a good chance to play tit-for-tat and not play the "I'm sorry card". Unlike Selenski, who is in a bad spot in whatever he might be confronted with, the SA president was in a good spot to embarass Trump in every way possible. |
Trump is more than capable to do that all by himself, and he did. And ‘I’m Sorry I Don’t Have a Plane to Give You’ was a brilliant jab at Qatar and Trump.
Ramaphosa did the right thing by not stooping down to Trump's level. He kept it professional with clear, honest answers, speaking truth rather than engaging with Trump's right wing conspiracy lies.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9yyd2epk2o
"Nyhontso applauded Ramaphosa for keeping his composure, rather than firing back at Trump when he ambushed him, with guns blazing. Some also commended the South African president for his tactics - bringing along famous Afrikaner golfers to the meeting to defuse tensions."
South Africa needs more trade to solve the 32% unemployment rate responsible for the high crime rate. And Americans do buy a lot!
Note Trump didn't dare bring up South Africa's genocide case at the ICJ against Israel. Trump is a coward and instead went with the white genocide myth, just making himself look stupid. The only people that believe that nonsense are not going to change their mind anyway by anything Ramaphosa could have said.
