Fringe White Afrikaners Show How Lobbying Trump Can Work
Donald Trump shows pictures as he meets with Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 21.
Photographer: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty ImagesThe fringe group that planted the seed for some of Donald Trump’s false claims that South Africa is persecuting White farmers saw years of lobbying US politicians pay off.
At a meeting in the Oval Office, the US president lambasted his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, in what the foreign delegation called a “well-orchestrated, well-planned” ambush.