For a nation founded on massacres of Native Americans and centuries-long African slave ownership, the lurch towards racism under Trump is not surprising.
If Trump were to implement his threat, he would, in essence, be Vladimir Putin's partner in crime in a war of aggression that violates international law.
So I cringe and cry when President Trump sits in his Oval Office chair silently by as Mamdani brazenly accuses Israel and its main backer, the United States of America, of genocide and war crimes.
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.
The erratic tariff policy pursued by the U.S. president and his administration has so far mainly served to strengthen ties between countries in the Global South and Beijing, and, where relevant, Moscow.
American consumers will face higher prices, increased inflation, fewer available goods, and a drain of money from the global economy due to these unnecessary taxes.