Trump snubs G20 summit in South Africa
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Former South African ambassador Dr Kingsley Makhubela believes US embassy officials will attend the upcoming G20 summit in Johannesburg, but warns they may raise objections that could impact the event's outcomes.
The limited number of white South African Afrikaners signing up to relocate to the US was indication that they were not being persecuted, it added. On Thursday, the administration of US President Donald Trump announced its lowest refugee annual cap on record to just 7,500.
But for most of its 16-year history, the BRICS has not positioned itself in opposition to the United States and its allies. Several BRICS members have even been close U.S. partners. Washington has built a strong trade relationship with Brazil,
South Africa criticizes US plan prioritizing white Afrikaner refugees. The South African government has criticized the United States’ move to give preference to refugee applications from white Afrikaners,
The Trump administration will limit the number of refugees admitted to the US to 7,500 over the next year, and give priority to white South Africans. The move, announced in a notice published on Thursday, marks a dramatic cut from the previous limit of 125,000 set by former President Joe Biden and will bring the cap to a record low.
The reported opinions of so-called political analysts are heavily biased against him and draw ludicrous parallels between Ebrahim Rasool (the former SA ambassador to the US who got expelled for openly calling Trump a white supremacist) and Bozell.