It should come as no surprise that it was only a matter of time before President Trump was going to publicly berate another world leader in the Oval Office in the manner he did with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier this year. A great many people thought Trump might behave in this manner with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney but Carney managed Trump with aplomb.
Instead, Trump turned his wrath against South African President Cyril Ramaphosa making allegations of white genocide. I suspect Trump did this at the behest of Elon Musk who was born in South Africa. With great fanfare, the Trump Administration bestowed refugee status on 59 white Afrikaners earlier this month. I'm sure Musk had a hand in this as well. It is remarkable that the Trump Administration sees fit to deport anti-Semites only to welcome new ones in their place.
An exasperated Ramaphosa at one point said, "I'm sorry I don't have a plane to give you." To which Trump replied, "I wish you did. I would take it." Indeed, if Ramaphosa had bequeathed Trump with a plane then perhaps he would have been spared the public scolding. But how many planes does Trump want? As many as he can take evidently. Trump is a man who has everything and yet always wants more.
Yet it must be said that while Trump's allegations of genocide against South Africa are false, so too are South Africa's allegations of genocide against Israel. On the contrary, it is Hamas which seeks to carry out genocide against Jews and eliminate Israel from the face of the Earth.
Of course, none of this justifies Trump's allegations against the South African government. After all, Trump is convicting the South African government on the wrong evidence. When it comes to Israel, the same can be said of South Africa.
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