There was another White House ambush, this time it was South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meeting Donald Trump. President Ramaphosa was seeking a reset between South Africa and the United States, he was clearly mistaken.

What played out in the White House was absolutely a diplomatic faux pas this is not how diplomatic negotiations take place between nations. President Trump then began playing a video for President Ramaphosa in front of the cameras. What is interesting is that President Ramaphosa did not recognise the location of the video. As it turns out, the video was from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the DRC does not even border South Africa, this is a central African country.

The best diplomatic comeback came from President Ramaphosa who said “I’m sorry, I do not have a plane to give to you” with the comment going straight past President Trump. The humour came from Trump not even picking up the sledge, this was a world class burn, whilst I do not agree with South African government policy, this was a brilliant comeback from President Ramaphosa.