South Africa, Trump and Ramaphosa
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa broke up stern trade talks at the White House with a joke about wishing he had a gift for the president.
Even if Trump and Ramaphosa strike a deal, this step back from the abyss may prove to be a temporary reprieve rather than a reset. Any agreement will need to deliver positive results on both sides of the Atlantic to overcome the divergent worldviews and domestic pressures that will continue to pull the United States and South Africa apart.
The recent welcoming of Afrikaner refugees is the latest chapter in a history of U.S. support for white South Africans.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meets Donald Trump on Wednesday amid tensions over Washington's resettlement of white Afrikaners that the US president ... in South Africa are "patently ...