President Trump recently signed an executive order titled, “Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa.” The order held that the South African government is responsible both for domestic rights violations against certain of its citizens as well as foreign policy actions that threaten the national security of the United States.
The outcry of South Africa’s government and much of the international media may mislead neutral observers into thinking that Trump was peddling outrageous fabrications. South Africa’s foreign ministry accused the U.S. of a “campaign of misinformation and propaganda.” A Sunday newspaper called Trump a “bumbling fool.” A group of civil society organizations accused the U.S. of peddling “dangerous lies.” A prominent news site published a cartoon of Trump in Nazi garb.
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