In a press conference with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, US President Donald Trump said he’d accept a plane from South Africa if they’d offered to gift him one.
His comments came after Ramaphosa jokingly remarked he was “sorry” he didn’t have a plane to offer Trump, after the US President sparked controversy by agreeing to accept a plane gifted by Qatar as the new Air Force One, the country’s presidential aircraft, in a move confirmed by the Pentagon on Wednesday.
President Trump’s relationships with foreign leaders, particularly Gulf leaders’ reported investments in Trump family business ventures, have raised concerns that his foreign policy may contain serious conflicts of interest.
Ramaphosa was visiting the White House to defuse tensions following claims by Elon Musk and other Afrikaners that the government was carrying out a “genocide” against South Africa’s white population, claims since proven to be untrue.
The US last week accepted its first influx of white “refugees” from South Africa in a move associated more with political symbolism than humanitarian concern.
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White house become a circus due to this Monkey. He is begging for planes😂
Shameless beggar🤮
He's not even shy about being a corrupt POS this time 😅
Because Trump asked for the plane
Trump is such hypocrite and lyer
What a thug! !
Trump is child eater .. May god give him sever punishment this life & hereafter .. Ameen
shameless..low class gambler talk
Free Palestine forever ❤️
Thats why its better for trump to be potus. And not kamala. Because trump doesnt wear a mask, we can at least see the agenda. With kamala, like hilary clinton, theyd be wearing 5 masks; and you wouldnt know what the agenda is.
When the greed becomes a man. That’s happens. Who replaced Mr Trump 2018 with Trump 2025?
Is that a cloned Trump?
Why is he trying to extort bribes?
Trump couldn't be more stupid and shameless. Alas!
This guy is shameless
And unpresidential
how can a president call another person an idiot on national television
What a presidential president. An embarrassment to the country.
I would also take a plane if somebody offered me 😂😂
It's weird how these African wanna meet the clown🤡
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
quick, somebody put lid on this american manhole😂
How shamefully! 😢😢😢seriously awful to this country
The biggest idiot on earth running America
What?! 🤦🏽 What a clown! What an absolute ass-hat. How embarrassing
😢This is most inhumane brutal technologized geπocide and its p€rpetrators r funded and shielded by usA,starmer and lammer,germany,and all west in gen€ral!
Thank you for sharing 🙏
The whole world is laughing of USA. A laughing stock led by a business man who has ties to Epstein.
He should get on his knees
What kind of president calls reporters names because they ask him hard questions. No trump your the idiot because you act like a man child when you are caught.
Now i know where ive seen donald. Fantasy island. Da plane, da plane
I'd be so stressed out if i were American, representend in the world by this man….pfff what a joke
South Africa is smart and on the right side of history. They will NEVER offer a plane to the US Circus.
A fuckin plane america has milions of planes what the fuck does he care about a plane
Beggar
Donald fart
IF your Country hurried up and gave us some Submarines would be good,, Already paid Five Hundred Million 🇭🇲🇭🇲🦘
What about Epstein list. Is trump a pedophile?
who was the idiot? 😅
Ramaphosa's OK, but that was one of the best political jabs I've ever seen, and to do it to a US President, to his face even, takes balls. The added bonus being it went completely over Trump's head because he's a moron.
Impresentable
You are a rag and bone American president.
The corrupt GOP.