Trump’s threat is purely economic, employing the power of coercion and open blackmail, to keep a ‘servant’ perpetually under subjugation from attaining economic independence.
Yet, over the long term, tilting towards the US doesn't seem to be the natural choice, especially when America is looking to re-shore manufacturing and disengage from China-centric supply chains.
Mamdani’s recent ... victory provides South Africa’s progressives with a stark, universal lesson: sometimes, facing a flawed political party head-on ... is the only way to change it.