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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,817 posts)
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:47 PM 21 hrs ago

World Leader Reveals He Was Stunned by 'Truly Uninformed' Trump

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 (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 21 hrs ago OP
For centuries the whites have claimed dark skinned people were ignorant savages. Turbineguy 21 hrs ago #1
Rump is totally devoid of intelligence and a racist to boot... wcmagumba 21 hrs ago #2
Well, we're not sending them our best people. We're sending them multiply-convicted felons. eppur_se_muova 21 hrs ago #3
Is there any chance that those cankles might explode and Satan will bleed out? OGBuzz 20 hrs ago #7
Hope springs eternal.... n/t lastlib 7 hrs ago #14
Just as long as Trump bleeds out, too. Aristus 1 hr ago #23
Nice! Racism redux BaronChocula 19 hrs ago #10
Trump is a lifelong racist who practiced his own brand of Apartheid Tanuki 20 hrs ago #4
The insular president who appeals to insular-minded Americans. Baitball Blogger 20 hrs ago #5
Hey World Leaders, we told ya!!!!!! WarGamer 20 hrs ago #6
The entire Planet knows he's a MORON and yet the Deplorable horde NoMoreRepugs 20 hrs ago #8
I'm stunned that anyone is still stunned by anything he does. I always expect the worst from him. live love laugh 19 hrs ago #9
You are never disappointed are you? BattleRow 5 hrs ago #15
When another scandal-ridden gazillionaire calls you out BaronChocula 19 hrs ago #11
I doubt he knew radical noodle 8 hrs ago #12
Welcome to our world. Martin68 7 hrs ago #13
Poor guy having to deal with that hateful slug wolfie001 5 hrs ago #16
We'll never be stunned by Chump's stupidity, since we see it every day FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #17
Any world leader Trump has encountered knows he is totally ignorant of world history, economic policy, etc., etc. Lonestarblue 3 hrs ago #18
I'm sure some think it must be an act, has to be, nobody's that stupid. betsuni 3 hrs ago #19
When will MAGAts get the message? Aussie105 3 hrs ago #20
Trump has nothing between his two ears stage left 1 hr ago #21
Yeeeaah... Foggy lens.. . . . . Half-step 1 hr ago #22

Turbineguy

(39,961 posts)
1. For centuries the whites have claimed dark skinned people were ignorant savages.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:51 PM
21 hrs ago

And then you meet Trump.

wcmagumba

(6,019 posts)
2. Rump is totally devoid of intelligence and a racist to boot...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:52 PM
21 hrs ago

The Magas have ruined the good reputation (if we ever had one) of America...

eppur_se_muova

(41,666 posts)
3. Well, we're not sending them our best people. We're sending them multiply-convicted felons.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:55 PM
21 hrs ago

With cankles like cantaloupes.

Aristus

(72,035 posts)
23. Just as long as Trump bleeds out, too.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 05:37 PM
1 hr ago

I mean, he is evil, but not as evil as Trump.

BaronChocula

(4,407 posts)
10. Nice! Racism redux
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:45 PM
19 hrs ago

Going back to Stenchwad Steve King of Iowa with the legs like cantaloupes.

Tanuki

(16,404 posts)
4. Trump is a lifelong racist who practiced his own brand of Apartheid
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:59 PM
20 hrs ago

in his family real estate business.
https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/02/trump-fbi-files-discrimination-case-235067

"The FBI has released nearly 400 pages of records on an investigation the bureau conducted in the 1970s into alleged racial discrimination in the rental of apartments from President Donald Trump's real estate company.

The files detail dozens of interviews the bureau conducted with Trump building tenants, management and employees, seeking indications that minority tenants were steered away from housing complexes.

Most of those interviewed said they were not aware of any discrimination. However, some of the records recount the stories of black rental applicants who said they were told no apartments were available, while whites sent to check on the same apartments were offered leases.
....
A supervisor "told me that if a black person came to 2650 Ocean Parkway and inquired about an apartment for rent, and he, that is [redacted] was not there at the time, that I should tell him that the rent was twice as much as it really was, in order that he could not afford the apartment," the ex-doorman said.".... (more)

NoMoreRepugs

(11,966 posts)
8. The entire Planet knows he's a MORON and yet the Deplorable horde
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:51 PM
20 hrs ago

thinks he’s some sort of godking. Sad.

radical noodle

(10,562 posts)
12. I doubt he knew
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:08 AM
8 hrs ago

South Africa is a country until recently and if he did, he certainly didn't know their history. I'd bet whatever he thinks he knows came straight from Musk.

Lonestarblue

(13,433 posts)
18. Any world leader Trump has encountered knows he is totally ignorant of world history, economic policy, etc., etc.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 03:20 PM
3 hrs ago

Trump's only skill is knowing how to manipulate people and threaten them with dozens of lawsuits if they don't do what he wants. Had he not inherited many millions of dollars, he would most likely be a retired nonentity today.

betsuni

(28,981 posts)
19. I'm sure some think it must be an act, has to be, nobody's that stupid.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 03:44 PM
3 hrs ago

The whole thing -- costume, makeup, hair, acting -- is so over-the-top exaggerated, a cartoon, that it can't be real. But it is! He's a phony, but he's a real phony.

Aussie105

(7,810 posts)
20. When will MAGAts get the message?
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 03:51 PM
3 hrs ago

Here am I half way around the world, watching the global stock markets do a major shrinkage.

Here am I half way around the world, and Trump's mismanagement of just about everything has cost me AU $5K in my retirement funds.
And that is just over the last few days, with possibly worse to come.

What chance does anyone in the middle of it, Ground Zero America, have of not seeing that?

When will MAGAts get the message, Trump's ham-fisted administration isn't good for them?

stage left

(3,268 posts)
21. Trump has nothing between his two ears
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 05:29 PM
1 hr ago

both of which appear to be perfect. My congratulations to the plastic surgeon.

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