Can you get any more racist.
According to South Africa’s Citizen newspaper, during former President Barack Obama’s trip to South Africa this week, the United States Embassy was instructed not to help Obama in any way, other than basic security.
The high-profile visit by Obama was mostly arranged and coordinated by the Nelson Mandela and Obama Foundations, with no assistance from the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, which is a break from the diplomatic tradition of offering support to any visiting American leader.
President Obama was in South Africa for a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth.
None of the U.S. Embassy staff had to play any role due to “instructions by Washington” that Obama should not be provided any assistance, according to Citizen.
In the past, the U.S. Embassy has always provided full support to any visiting American leader regardless of party affiliation.
Asked for comment, Wits University international relations visiting professor John Stremlau said Donald Trump had “a penchant for pettiness and strange fixation with denigrating and dismissing virtually all actions by his predecessor”. He added: “Trump rose to prominence on the lie that Obama was born in Kenya and hence was not legitimate. One should never underestimate how low he can go.
“But given how thin the embassy staff is, without an ambassador and several recent departures of lesser ranks, Washington would simply defer to the hosts.
While in South Africa, Obama appeared to offer a rebuke of Trump, saying that “those in power seek to undermine every institution or norm that gives democracy meaning.”
Obama, delivering the 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johannesburg, warned that “strongman politics are ascending suddenly, whereby elections, some pretense of democracy, are maintained, the form of it.”
He referenced “strange and uncertain” times, saying that “each day’s news cycle is bringing more head-spinning and disturbing headlines.”
https://www.truthexam.com/2018/07/trump-instructed-south-african-embassy-not-to-give-obama-any-assistance-during-his-recent-trip/
According to South Africa’s Citizen newspaper, during former President Barack Obama’s trip to South Africa this week, the United States Embassy was instructed not to help Obama in any way, other than basic security.
The high-profile visit by Obama was mostly arranged and coordinated by the Nelson Mandela and Obama Foundations, with no assistance from the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, which is a break from the diplomatic tradition of offering support to any visiting American leader.
President Obama was in South Africa for a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth.
None of the U.S. Embassy staff had to play any role due to “instructions by Washington” that Obama should not be provided any assistance, according to Citizen.
In the past, the U.S. Embassy has always provided full support to any visiting American leader regardless of party affiliation.
Asked for comment, Wits University international relations visiting professor John Stremlau said Donald Trump had “a penchant for pettiness and strange fixation with denigrating and dismissing virtually all actions by his predecessor”. He added: “Trump rose to prominence on the lie that Obama was born in Kenya and hence was not legitimate. One should never underestimate how low he can go.
“But given how thin the embassy staff is, without an ambassador and several recent departures of lesser ranks, Washington would simply defer to the hosts.
While in South Africa, Obama appeared to offer a rebuke of Trump, saying that “those in power seek to undermine every institution or norm that gives democracy meaning.”
Obama, delivering the 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johannesburg, warned that “strongman politics are ascending suddenly, whereby elections, some pretense of democracy, are maintained, the form of it.”
He referenced “strange and uncertain” times, saying that “each day’s news cycle is bringing more head-spinning and disturbing headlines.”
https://www.truthexam.com/2018/07/trump-instructed-south-african-embassy-not-to-give-obama-any-assistance-during-his-recent-trip/
