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Posted on 05/26/2025 5:40:43 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Trump’s meeting with Ramaphosa was a long-overdue reality check on South Africa’s hostility, hypocrisy, and dependence on U.S. aid and trade.
Nothing highlights the poverty of the media-Democratic mind than its weary use of echo-chamber buzzwords. Once Pravda-like instructions are sent out from DNC operatives, mindless media anchors mouth them in lockstep as gospel.
So, it was with the supposed “ambush” when South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met Donald Trump. Trump indeed pressed his guest on a number of issues, from the decades-long targeted killing of white agriculturalists on their farms by black hit teams that have totaled somewhere between 1,500 and 3,500, depending on how one defines such targeted killings.
Trump further wanted an explanation from Ramaphosa on his government’s new legislation aimed at land confiscation without compensation, and the de facto vanishing number of Boer farmers.
Trump was further bewildered by Ramaphosa’s assertion that the new law would not be used to take private property without paying for it (“No, no, no, no. Nobody can take land”), when in fact that was the very purpose of the new legislation in the first place. Trump also showed Ramaphosa videos highlighting a resurgence of South African extremism of the tired “Kill the Boer” sort.
The dictionaries define “ambush” roughly as “a surprise attack by people lying in wait in a hidden or concealed position.”
Ramaphosa’s visit was no surprise. He, not Trump, requested it. Ramaphosa spoke openly to the media before the meeting that he was planning to convince Trump that there were neither widespread killings of white farmers nor arbitrary confiscation of land.
In sum, Trump was the host; Ramaphosa was the guest, who requested the meeting to present his case for a return of a number of concessions from the U.S. He knew Trump would raise issues
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We’ve all seen or heard the clip of a bunch of media outlets using the word “ambush” to describe the meeting. Do they still not understand that we hear them, that we notice when they all use the same words, and that they look like fools when they do? Guess not
He knew that South Africa had enjoyed a rare, sweetheart, one-of-a-kind, no-tariff deal from the U.S. that had empowered his nation in the last few years to vastly expand its exports. In 2024, South Africa achieved a staggering near $9 billion surplus with the U.S.
If the media would do a little digging, they could be a good as Prof Hanson.
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Town Hall: Victor Davis Hanson on Town Hall
American Greatness: Victor Davis Hanson on American Greatness
His website: Victor Davis Hanson
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SA is no longer an ally or friend of the US and should be treated as such. The American taxpayer, upon learning the truth about SA, should no longer give its treasury to such a nation. If SA wants China, Russia, and North Korea as its ally and a model for its gov't, let those countries prop it up. The US should be done with SA.
Typical arrogant leftists.
If the leaders of any nation with totalitarian polices come to trade with Trump....be prepared to be called out.
South Africa, Canada ( totalitarian control of the Freedom Convoy populist movement by the Liberals: Trudeau, Carney et.al.m dictatorship policies on EVs and Firearms...);Germany, UK destruction of freedom of speech....
When Carney shows up, it will be interesting.
“Do they still not understand that we hear them, that we notice when they all use the same words, and that they look like fools when they do?”
Almost like they were on a distribution list for their daily talking points...a list for journalists...maybe a “Journo-list”.
These are some of the same enemedia that were just reporting the French government’s lie that the Macron slap video was a fake.
SSDD.
They are not "mindless". The TDS Enemedia are willful participants in giving aid and comfort to the domestic and foreign enemies of the United States.
Rumble (after two short ads) has the video of the gaslighting Enemedia talking heads.
Dim the lights and roll the footage of horse mounted riot gear clad baton wielding cops trampling little old ladies. Or the State seizing bank accounts and confiscating farm equipment.
VDH is one of the last placeholders of truth
Loved seeing Ramaphosa grilled about what is happening in his country. What other world leader has the moral conviction and courage to do this?
It was also entertaining watching Ramaphosa squirm. He demonstrated a level of intelligence rank of about a 10 watt bulb. A brighter light was cast on him that day.
Here ya go!!
Unfortunately, ignorant leftists are immune to facts.
“”We’ve all seen or heard the clip of a bunch of media outlets using the word “ambush” to describe the meeting. Do they still not understand that we hear them, that we notice when they all use the same words, and that they look like fools when they do? Guess not””
Of course they don’t understand. That would require them to be self-aware. They don’t realize a damned thing even remotely corresponding to reality. They’re like the Borg. All connected to the same liar, in true hive-mind form.
BRICS(outh Africa) was founded in 2009.
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