The president of South Africa is in the U.S

The South African Congress is Into the Mouth of Trump Hell: What do we want to see from South Africa, and what do we need to do about it?

Another cafe-goer, Ernest Motsi, a 29-year-old fashion designer, told NPR that Ramaphosa should try “find common ground” with Trump if he could, but if not “we are a very resilient people, whatever backlash we’ll get from the U.S., we will survive.”

Asked if he’s concerned Ramaphosa could be given the same treatment as Zelenskky, Ralo said “I hope it doesn’t happen and I know that Ramaphposa is a great strategist and he’s got backbone. I believe that he will be respected by Trump.

“Absolutely no white genocide is happening,” said 36-year-old white South African Jovana Korac. In fact, she said, “the whole world is absolutely horrified by what’s happening in America — from civil rights to women’s rights.”

The upcoming Washington meeting has been dominating South African media, with local newspaper The Sunday Times running a headline over the weekend reading “Into the Mouth of Trump Hell.” A sketch by South African political cartoonist Zapiro shows a nervous-looking Ramaphosa headed into the White Supremacy House.

Many South Africans will be watching the meeting very carefully, especially after Trump’s televised hostility towards the Ukrainian leader in the Oval Office made international headlines earlier this year.

Highlighting trade relations is one of the priorities for the South African delegation, as evidenced by the fact that the Minister of Agriculture is white. Losing the benefits would be a disaster.

South Africa’s president will be going to the White House today to meet Trump in an attempt to reset relations. The Trump administration expelled the South Africa’s ambassador to the United States. Also, the U.S. administration has repeatedly slammed Pretoria for what it falsely claims is the systematic persecution of white Afrikaner farmers — and the South African side has repeatedly tried to correct Washington.

Uyghurs, Afghans, and Other Questionable South Africans: What Exactly Do They Have Done About South Africa?

On Tuesday, in an appearance in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio was grilled by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., on why Afrikaners had been granted refugee status when Afghans, Uyghurs and others were still banned from entering the U.S.

Both Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have accused the government of doing “terrible things” and expropriating white-owned land without compensation — something that has not happened.

“We’re the only place on the planet that the colonizers came to stay and haven’t left, so we’ve never had a genocide,” he said, after Trump said there was one happening in South Africa.

The Afrikaners who fled to the U.S. were white people who did not want to live under the Black majority rule.

Last week was the first time that 59 white Afrikaans South Africans who had been granted refugee status in the US were seen by the public.

South Africa’s president is set to meet Donald Trump at the White House in an effort to reset relations with the United States.

To no avail. The Trump administration’s dislike of South Africa is frightening for any diplomat. The US expelled South Africa’s ambassador after the U.S. cut aid to the country. The U.S. administration is also angry that Pretoria — a firm Palestinian ally — has taken Israel to the International Court of Justice in the Hague over its war in Gaza.

The US administration has accused the South African side of persecution of white Afrikaner farmers in the past and has repeatedly tried to correct that.

Up First: A New Look at U.S. Tax and Immigration Charges on Lithium-Ion Batteries and Trump’s Tax Bill

Lithium-ion batteries were invented in the U.S., but years ago, China began leading the way in their mass production as part of its push for electric vehicles. A competition is about to decide which country will dominate the future of EV batteries. This competition is becoming more complicated because of it.

A new NPR analysis has found that the Department of Government Efficiency has tried to cut at least 40 agencies and groups in recent weeks. The analysis found that DOGE targeted contracts and spending based on policy disagreements, rather than just waste, fraud, or abuse.

President Trump met with House Republicans at the Capitol yesterday, urging them to get behind his massive tax and immigration bill or risk a tax increase. The bill has roughly $1.5 trillion in spending cuts, with a large portion of those coming from changes to Medicaid.

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Source: South African president visits the U.S. And, GOP divided over Trump’s tax bill

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