Source: Foreign Policy In Focus
by John Feffer
“The Trump administration objected so strenuously to a recent speech by South Africa’s ambassador that it expelled him from the United States. What did Ebrahim Rasool say that was so objectionable? Honestly, the speech he made at a webinar sponsored by a South African research institute was rather boring. But embedded in his remarks is this observation: ‘Donald Trump is launching an assault on incumbency, those who are in power, by mobilizing a supremacism against the incumbency at home.’ Don’t come here, don’t invest here, don’t buy from Tesla or Amazon or any of the other corporations that have kissed Trump’s ring. This sentence requires a bit of interpretation. The ‘incumbency’ in this case is the federal bureaucracy; the diversity, equity, and Inclusion programs in government and business; anti-racism initiatives more generally; and even elements of the Republican Party that haven’t been Trumpified.” (03/24/25)