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THE LATEST foreign policy nonsense from Trump and his cronies is aimed at South Africa. Earlier this week, Trump blasted that nation of 60.5 million people, saying that it is treating “certain classes of people very badly” and announcing a cutoff of foreign aid.
On Wednesday, Trump’s Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, chimed in. Announcing that he would boycott the February 20 meeting of the G20 nations, he accused South Africa of being racist against its white citizens and of being “anti-American.” Elon Musk, himself of white South African birth and ancestry (as is this author, by the way), also piled on with attacks.
Bashing the black-led South African government has really become all the rage in Washington.
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