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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,854 posts) Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:47 PM Thursday

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World Leader Reveals He Was Stunned by 'Truly Uninformed' Trump [View all]

The president of South Africa has revealed how shocked he was by Donald Trump’s “racist” views when he met the U.S. leader in person last year.

“I just thought that he is so uninformed, truly uninformed,” Cyril Ramaphosa told the New York Times on Thursday.

“I realized that he is looking at South Africa through a completely, sort of, foggy lens, without realizing the real, real harm that apartheid did,” he added. “In my view, he was just dismissive.”

Ramaphosa was a close confidant of President Nelson Mandela, who fought for almost half a century to liberate Black South Africans from apartheid. Trump has repeatedly pushed far-right conspiracy theories about an ongoing “white genocide” in South Africa under Ramaphosa’s leadership.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/world-leader-reveals-stunned-truly-154657290.html

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World Leader Reveals He Was Stunned by 'Truly Uninformed' Trump [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday OP

For centuries the whites have claimed dark skinned people were ignorant savages. Turbineguy Thursday #1

Rump is totally devoid of intelligence and a racist to boot... wcmagumba Thursday #2

Well, we're not sending them our best people. We're sending them multiply-convicted felons. eppur_se_muova Thursday #3

Is there any chance that those cankles might explode and Satan will bleed out? OGBuzz Thursday #7

Hope springs eternal.... n/t lastlib Friday #14

Just as long as Trump bleeds out, too. Aristus Friday #23

Nice! Racism redux BaronChocula Friday #10

Trump is a lifelong racist who practiced his own brand of Apartheid Tanuki Thursday #4

The insular president who appeals to insular-minded Americans. Baitball Blogger Thursday #5

Hey World Leaders, we told ya!!!!!! WarGamer Thursday #6

The entire Planet knows he's a MORON and yet the Deplorable horde NoMoreRepugs Thursday #8

I'm stunned that anyone is still stunned by anything he does. I always expect the worst from him. live love laugh Friday #9

You are never disappointed are you? BattleRow Friday #15

When another scandal-ridden gazillionaire calls you out BaronChocula Friday #11

I doubt he knew radical noodle Friday #12

Welcome to our world. Martin68 Friday #13

Poor guy having to deal with that hateful slug wolfie001 Friday #16

We'll never be stunned by Chump's stupidity, since we see it every day FakeNoose Friday #17

Any world leader Trump has encountered knows he is totally ignorant of world history, economic policy, etc., etc. Lonestarblue Friday #18

I'm sure some think it must be an act, has to be, nobody's that stupid. betsuni Friday #19

"Is she a phoney or a real phoney?" BigmanPigman Friday #25

When will MAGAts get the message? Aussie105 Friday #20

Trump has nothing between his two ears stage left Friday #21

Yeeeaah... Foggy lens.. . . . . Half-step Friday #22

In reality popsdenver Friday #24

Dump knows he's racist JBTaurus83 Friday #26