[T]he fraternal interaction among fans from dozens of countries and the local public reminded us that isolationism is not the dominate sentiment among 349 million Americans.
Rasool’s expulsion deepened an already deteriorating relationship between the two countries, one that had been on a downward spiral since Trump returned to office.
Trump, grandson of a German immigrant, is particularly peeved at an independent South Africa, which was the worst example of a Western supremacist-cum-colonial mindset.