White House to attend Ramaphosa's inauguration, but no Trump | gerbjan
The White House announced that it would send a delegation to the inauguration of President Cyril Ramaphosa next Saturday. However, US President Donald Trump will not bless the occasion with his presence.
"The Honourable Kimberly A. Reed, president and chairman of the board of directors of the export-import Bank of the United States, will lead the delegation." The Trump administration had an uneasy relationship with Africa, after Trump once referred to African countries as"Last year August, as the land debate raged in South Africa,: "I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers. 'South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers.
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu met with the American chargé d'affaires and she was also in contact with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
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