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If we were to compare presidents, it looks like this time, South Africa is doing much better than the US. In other words, Trump is out here burning bridges while Ramaphosa is trying to build them.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa took the stage at the G20 finance ministers’ meeting in Cape Town and made it clear: the world needs to work together, or we’re all screwed.
Meanwhile, across the ocean, Donald Trump is busy tearing up the rulebook, pushing his “America First” agenda and leaving global cooperation in the dust.
“Multilateral cooperation is our only hope of overcoming unprecedented challenges, including slow and uneven growth, rising debt burdens and levels, persistent poverty in many parts of the world, and inequality and the existential threat of climate change,” Ramaphosa said in his opening address to a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Cape Town on Wednesday.
“We are not moving quickly enough and even boldly enough to address the challenges that the world is facing.”
As the first African nation to lead the G20, South Africa has big plans. Ramaphosa is all about global solidarity, revamping outdated power structures, stepping up the fight against global warming, and making sure developing countries actually have a voice.
Contrast that with Trump, who’s more interested in isolationism, nationalism, and making deals that only benefit the US – all while sharing bonkers AI videos of his colonial dream with his buddy Musk.
“At this time of global uncertainty and escalating tension, it is now more important than ever” that members of the G20 work together, Ramaphosa said.
“We must collectively target a step change in our efforts to improve the lives of the peoples of the world, but more importantly, to protect future generations.”
Please, and thank you. Mic drop!
[Source: Bloomberg]
