Trump, South Africa and White House
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Now Musk’s campaign of cuts has given him leverage inside the State Department. A Trump administration memo that leaked to the press last month proposed closing six embassies in Africa. The Gambian embassy was on the list of proposed cuts.
South Africa's rand edged up against a weaker dollar in early trade on Thursday, after President Cyril Ramaphosa's office confirmed his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump next week following days of speculation.
Europe can be a stable and trusted partner for Africa at a time when US President Donald Trump’s tariff war has created uncertainty in global trade, according to an European Investment Bank official.
The Trump administration carved out an exception to its refugee ban for white South Africans. But other groups, including Afghans who helped U.S. forces during the war in their country, are being shut out.
President Donald Trump is expected to spend the majority of his 17th week back in the office traveling overseas to the Middle East.
African investors see opportunity in the chaos of President Trump’s return to the White House, despite the pain caused by his foreign aid cuts and whiplash tariff decisions. That was the message from Vice Adm.