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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,812 posts)
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:47 PM Mar 5

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 Mar 5 OP
For centuries the whites have claimed dark skinned people were ignorant savages. Turbineguy Mar 5 #1
Rump is totally devoid of intelligence and a racist to boot... wcmagumba Mar 5 #2
Well, we're not sending them our best people. We're sending them multiply-convicted felons. eppur_se_muova Mar 5 #3
Is there any chance that those cankles might explode and Satan will bleed out? OGBuzz Mar 5 #7
Hope springs eternal.... n/t lastlib Mar 6 #14
Just as long as Trump bleeds out, too. Aristus Mar 6 #23
Nice! Racism redux BaronChocula Mar 6 #10
Trump is a lifelong racist who practiced his own brand of Apartheid Tanuki Mar 5 #4
The insular president who appeals to insular-minded Americans. Baitball Blogger Mar 5 #5
Hey World Leaders, we told ya!!!!!! WarGamer Mar 5 #6
The entire Planet knows he's a MORON and yet the Deplorable horde NoMoreRepugs Mar 5 #8
I'm stunned that anyone is still stunned by anything he does. I always expect the worst from him. live love laugh Mar 6 #9
You are never disappointed are you? BattleRow Mar 6 #15
When another scandal-ridden gazillionaire calls you out BaronChocula Mar 6 #11
I doubt he knew radical noodle Mar 6 #12
Welcome to our world. Martin68 Mar 6 #13
Poor guy having to deal with that hateful slug wolfie001 Mar 6 #16
We'll never be stunned by Chump's stupidity, since we see it every day FakeNoose Mar 6 #17
Any world leader Trump has encountered knows he is totally ignorant of world history, economic policy, etc., etc. Lonestarblue Mar 6 #18
I'm sure some think it must be an act, has to be, nobody's that stupid. betsuni Mar 6 #19
"Is she a phoney or a real phoney?" BigmanPigman Mar 6 #25
When will MAGAts get the message? Aussie105 Mar 6 #20
Trump has nothing between his two ears stage left Mar 6 #21
Yeeeaah... Foggy lens.. . . . . Half-step Mar 6 #22
In reality popsdenver Mar 6 #24
Dump knows he's racist JBTaurus83 Mar 6 #26

Turbineguy

(40,088 posts)
1. For centuries the whites have claimed dark skinned people were ignorant savages.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:51 PM
Mar 5

And then you meet Trump.

wcmagumba

(6,213 posts)
2. Rump is totally devoid of intelligence and a racist to boot...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:52 PM
Mar 5

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

eppur_se_muova

(41,968 posts)
3. Well, we're not sending them our best people. We're sending them multiply-convicted felons.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:55 PM
Mar 5

With cankles like cantaloupes.

Tanuki

(16,448 posts)
4. Trump is a lifelong racist who practiced his own brand of Apartheid
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:59 PM
Mar 5

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

(12,090 posts)
8. The entire Planet knows he's a MORON and yet the Deplorable horde
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:51 PM
Mar 5

thinks he’s some sort of godking. Sad.

radical noodle

(10,598 posts)
12. I doubt he knew
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:08 AM
Mar 6

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

(13,487 posts)
18. Any world leader Trump has encountered knows he is totally ignorant of world history, economic policy, etc., etc.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 04:20 PM
Mar 6

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

(29,084 posts)
19. I'm sure some think it must be an act, has to be, nobody's that stupid.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 04:44 PM
Mar 6

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.

BigmanPigman

(55,183 posts)
25. "Is she a phoney or a real phoney?"
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:32 PM
Mar 6
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1:19 time stamp

I remeber that line from Breakfast At Tiffany's. Classic!

Aussie105

(7,933 posts)
20. When will MAGAts get the message?
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 04:51 PM
Mar 6

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

(3,312 posts)
21. Trump has nothing between his two ears
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:29 PM
Mar 6

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

popsdenver

(2,317 posts)
24. In reality
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 08:12 PM
Mar 6

he shouldn't be concerned, or even meeting with Trump. He should be concerning himself, full time, about Putin coming after controlling his country............

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