The funniest part of Ramaphosa’s airplane jab at Trump is that aircraft parts are actually closing the trade deficit between the U.S. and South Africa. 

U.S. exports of aircraft components to South Africa grew 191% between February 2024 and February 2025.

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What's extremely confusing to me is the degree of arrogance the man managed to summon to diss the president of the United States Live on TV