US President Donald Trump vs South Africa: Season 2

US President Donald Trump speaking to the press at his Oval Office at the White House in Washington DC, US on January 31, 2025.

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US President Donald Trump was always expected to pay back with the same coin, any of America’s perceived saboteurs. But South Africa, in spite of being in the corner of Russia for long, had tried to maintain positive ratings in Washington.

That was until Sunday this week when Trump threatened to cut funding for programmes in South Africa, alleging that Pretoria’s land policies were discriminatory.