this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2025
67 points (95.9% liked)

United States | News & Politics

2706 readers
1387 users here now

Welcome to [email protected], where you can share and converse about the different things happening all over/about the United States.

If you’re interested in participating, please subscribe.

Rules

Be respectful and civil. No racism/bigotry/hateful speech.

Post anything related to the United States.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ok...now 40 years ago would this have been a satirical headline....

what...the fuck...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

That was literally my first thought, too. This is not some random African country that threw off its oppressors after WWII. This is *South Africa, where the oppressors held on until the 1990s. Here's a leader from a country whose racial reconciliation we still haven't come close to replicating, and President ~~Musk~~ Trump thinks the country is too unfair to white people.