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Colonialism Didn’t Die. It Moved to Washington.

Trump’s clash with South Africa shows how empire still shapes U.S. power

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May 22, 2025
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The Colonial Ghost in the Oval Office

When South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sat across from Donald Trump in the Oval Office this week, he didn’t just encounter a President—he encountered a centuries-old worldview.

In a meeting that quickly turned confrontational, Trump presented Ramaphosa with discredited far-right claims of a “white genocide” in S…

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