13 h. ago Trump’s ambush of South Africa’s president shows how low the US has fallen | Justice Malala

Instead of embarrassing Cyril Ramaphosa, the US president’s ‘gotcha’ moment illuminates the fact-free reality show that is Trump’s AmericaDonald Trump should really try harder.When the US president unexpectedly and dramatically dimmed the lights inside the Oval Office on Wednesday and played a video clip of the alleged burial site of white victims of “genocide”, he meant to embarrass and humiliate his guest, Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa. It was his “gotcha!” moment after four months of relentless social media attacks, executive orders, boycotts, and threats of economic and diplomatic sanctions. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Donald Trump mocked for making up new word in bizarre 'Make America Healthy Again' TV appearance

Donald Trump made another TV appearance discussing the government's plans to crack down on ultra-processed foods and "over prescription and widespread exposure to toxic chemicals"

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34 h. ago Ramaphosa withstood Trump’s bizarre ambush – but he let down South Africans | Zanele Mji

Rather than trying to charm his US counterpart with golf, the South African president could have addressed the white supremacist attitudes holding our country backZanele Mji is a writer, investigative journalist and podcaster based in Johannesburg, South AfricaThe dust is still settling from Donald Trump’s latest “ambush” in the Oval Office. What started off as a series of pleasantries about golf between the US president and South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s delegation quickly turned into a lecture – complete with a video screening and reams of printed-out news articles – about how a white genocide is supposedly under way in my home country.The delegation was largely successful in correcting that narrative. It emphasised that crime affects South Africans of all races and that white citizens are not specifically targeted. Zingiswa Losi, president of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, rightly pointed out that in rural areas, it is Black women who bear the brunt of vio...

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34 h. ago Watch Trump and South Africa’s president in tense exchange during Oval Office ambush

Donald Trump confronted South Africa’s president over unsubstantiated claims of genocide against white farmers in South Africa in a tense Oval Office exchange on Wednesday (21 May).

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54 h. ago Trump’s attempt at Oval Office ‘gotcha’ moment backfired spectacularly

ANALYSIS: Armed with printouts of tabloid news articles and a montage of video clips, Trump launched into a meandering explanation of the current political situation in South Africa to its president Cyril Ramaphosa, Richard Hall writes.

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7 d. ago Trump bizarrely claims he's the reason why Taylor Swift is 'no longer hot'

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9 d. ago Donald Trump wants new £302m Qatari plane so Air Force One can keep up with the royals

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1 week ago Donald Trump ends bizarre speech in Saudi Arabia with gay anthem YMCA

The lengthy, rambling address he delivered - his first major speech on foreign soil since returning to the White House - mainly resembled the monologues he delivers at his MAGA rallies

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1 week ago I was secretary of labor. Trump’s bizarre tariff scheme won’t revive American jobs | Robert Reich

Manufacturing and coalmining aren’t the way to make America great again. Here’s what would actually restore good-paying jobsOn Sunday night, the US announced that it was cutting tariffs on Chinese imports from 145% to 30%, for 90 days, and the Chinese are dropping tariffs on US goods from 125% to 10%, also for 90 days.The stock market soared on the news. (Anyone with inside knowledge of the deal could have made a killing.) Continue reading...

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1 week ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 increasingly bizarre things Donald Trump did in 24 hours as he makes 'wildly corrupt' move

The President has skipped Canada, the UK, Ireland and the rest of Europe for his first overseas tour - heading straight to where the money is. Or at least the free luxury jets. Here's everything you need to know

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1 week ago US presidents' five most bizarre gifts as Donald Trump handed Qatar's Air Force One replacement

President Donald Trump is not the first US leader to receive a gift while in office - although it could be among the most controversial given its hefty price tag

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1 week ago Trump tells bizarre anecdote about ‘neurotic’ friend in weight loss drug rant

Donald Trump recalled a bizarre anecdote about a conversation he says he had with a "highly neurotic" friend about "the fat shot drug" as he credited the businessman with inspiring him to impose price controls on prescription medications.

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2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 wild and bizarre things Donald Trump did in 24 hours as he threatens Barbie Tax

It's been nearly 24 hours since Donald Trump threatened to slap a 100% tariff on Mattel products - and nobody else has called it the 'Barbie Tax' yet. You're welcome, America

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2 w. ago No one believed Trump hotel shooter Jonathan Oddi's bizarre Diddy claims... until now

No one believed Jonathan Oddi when he bizarrely told Florida cops he that was Sean ' Diddy ' Combs' sex slave in 2018.

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2 w. ago Everything you need to know about Trump’s bizarre plan to reopen Alcatraz

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2 w. ago Donald Trump posts bizarre image of himself as pope just week after pontiff’s funeral

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3 w. ago Kamala Harris uses bizarre elephant analogy as she calls out Trump in first major speech since losing election

Former Vice President Kamala Harris returned to the public political arena on Wednesday, delivering a critical speech berating President Donald Trump.

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