Ramaphosa Fails At Whitehouse
In what can only be described as an utter failure to instil confidence in South Africa and the rest of the world, Ramaphosa, once again, despite the severe challenges that we face, giggled and wiggled his way around accountability.
President Trump, who himself had missed a golden opportunity to hold the ANC president fully accountable for state capture, BEE policies, the Phala Phala scandal, Covid-19 Corruption and the 142 or so race laws that exist in our country, also didn’t have his finest performance. But boy oh boy, was there a deafening silence in the room once Trump pulled out his ‘Trump card’—dimming the lights and showing the South African delegates videos of matters that are definitely no longer unknown, whilst Ramaphosa wriggled around like a worm, not knowing how to act or what to say! It was glorious to watch if you are a Trump fan and an ANC opponent, like myself!
Watching mainstream media in SA blatantly lying and defending our weak president certainly raises the blood pressure! I cannot believe how anybody, from any country, could sing the praises of any president after such a grilling of epic proportions, even when Trump displayed much grace and could’ve really finished Ramaphosa off with another 2 or 3 killer blows! Cyril looked out of sorts and quickly passed the baton onto poor old Steenhuisen, who himself had a below-par performance with his usual political word salads—no pun intended, since Trump is such a golf lover! What golfers Els and Goosen said carried more weight than what anyone else said in that Oval Office! It was just pure, unscripted, raw and honest truth—like silky, raw honey. Not some fake marmalade spread around our lips by politicians who only say what they say to gain more power and influence!
Once again, ‘Cupcake’ Ramaphosa tried to smile and dodge his way through the onslaught by Mr. Trump. It was laughable and sad, all at once! The audacity of our media to call Trump out on his so-called ambushing tactics and how he had called out a news reporter who clearly was only there to try an distract us from what was really going on was astounding! The likes of SABC News, ENCA and Newzroom Afrika have become so ridiculously captured and politicised that our poor news watchers must be left feeling very confused and utterly disappointed!
We can only pray that after this circus that took place, in which Ramaphosa was the clown, there was another, much more constructive, lazer-focused meeting between Trump and Ramaphosa, ironing out all the real issues in SA and dealing with the actual problems that we as South Africans face daily—from load shedding to pot holes, rapes, murders, dry taps, collapsing infrastructure and unbridled corruption! Thank you to Mr Trump, Ernie and Retief for speaking up unashamedly, without fear, without prejudice! May South Africa be freed from this seemingly reverse Apartheid situation, where revenge has taken the place of reconciliation.
