By Editorial,
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is the first African leader that Donald Trump will host at his office since he returned to power in January.
This is an honor normally reserved for a close ally, but Trump has invited a leader he has been treating like an enemy.
He has done what no other world leader has done since the racist system of apartheid ended in South Africa in 1994, accusing South Africa of “egregious actions” in an executive order he signed in February.
He gave Afrikaners refugee status, claiming they are victims of race-based discrimination.
His intervention comes on behalf of right-wing Afrikaner lobby groups, who want him to go further by imposing sanctions on Ramaphosa and other leaders if the government does not change its policies. END.