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The president of South Africa has revealed how shocked he was by Donald Trumps racist views when he met the U.S. leader in person last year.
I just thought that he is so uninformed, truly uninformed, Cyril Ramaphosa told the New York Times on Thursday.
I realized that he is looking at South Africa through a completely, sort of, foggy lens, without realizing the real, real harm that apartheid did, he added. In my view, he was just dismissive.
Ramaphosa was a close confidant of President Nelson Mandela, who fought for almost half a century to liberate Black South Africans from apartheid. Trump has repeatedly pushed far-right conspiracy theories about an ongoing white genocide in South Africa under Ramaphosas leadership.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/world-leader-reveals-stunned-truly-154657290.html
Turbineguy
(40,115 posts)And then you meet Trump.
wcmagumba
(6,344 posts)The Magas have ruined the good reputation (if we ever had one) of America...
eppur_se_muova
(42,069 posts)With cankles like cantaloupes.
OGBuzz
(393 posts)lastlib
(28,363 posts)Aristus
(72,285 posts)I mean, he is evil, but not as evil as Trump.
BaronChocula
(4,620 posts)Going back to Stenchwad Steve King of Iowa with the legs like cantaloupes.
Tanuki
(16,469 posts)in his family real estate business.
https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/02/trump-fbi-files-discrimination-case-235067
"The FBI has released nearly 400 pages of records on an investigation the bureau conducted in the 1970s into alleged racial discrimination in the rental of apartments from President Donald Trump's real estate company.
The files detail dozens of interviews the bureau conducted with Trump building tenants, management and employees, seeking indications that minority tenants were steered away from housing complexes.
Most of those interviewed said they were not aware of any discrimination. However, some of the records recount the stories of black rental applicants who said they were told no apartments were available, while whites sent to check on the same apartments were offered leases.
....
A supervisor "told me that if a black person came to 2650 Ocean Parkway and inquired about an apartment for rent, and he, that is [redacted] was not there at the time, that I should tell him that the rent was twice as much as it really was, in order that he could not afford the apartment," the ex-doorman said.".... (more)
Baitball Blogger
(52,469 posts)WarGamer
(18,701 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(12,146 posts)thinks hes some sort of godking. Sad.
live love laugh
(16,424 posts)BattleRow
(2,539 posts)BaronChocula
(4,620 posts)WoW.
radical noodle
(10,616 posts)South Africa is a country until recently and if he did, he certainly didn't know their history. I'd bet whatever he thinks he knows came straight from Musk.
Martin68
(27,864 posts)wolfie001
(7,790 posts)FakeNoose
(41,883 posts)Lonestarblue
(13,516 posts)Trump's only skill is knowing how to manipulate people and threaten them with dozens of lawsuits if they don't do what he wants. Had he not inherited many millions of dollars, he would most likely be a retired nonentity today.
betsuni
(29,123 posts)The whole thing -- costume, makeup, hair, acting -- is so over-the-top exaggerated, a cartoon, that it can't be real. But it is! He's a phony, but he's a real phony.
BigmanPigman
(55,294 posts)1:19 time stamp
I remeber that line from Breakfast At Tiffany's. Classic!
Aussie105
(8,010 posts)Here am I half way around the world, watching the global stock markets do a major shrinkage.
Here am I half way around the world, and Trump's mismanagement of just about everything has cost me AU $5K in my retirement funds.
And that is just over the last few days, with possibly worse to come.
What chance does anyone in the middle of it, Ground Zero America, have of not seeing that?
When will MAGAts get the message, Trump's ham-fisted administration isn't good for them?
stage left
(3,324 posts)both of which appear to be perfect. My congratulations to the plastic surgeon.
Half-step
(134 posts). . . . . . ... That would explain it... Mm-hmm.
popsdenver
(2,356 posts)he shouldn't be concerned, or even meeting with Trump. He should be concerning himself, full time, about Putin coming after controlling his country............
JBTaurus83
(1,521 posts)I think its generous to chalk it up to uninformed.