Mcebisi Jonas ‘shunned’ and Scott Bessent skips G20 meeting

The Trump administration has almost treated South Africa like the outbreak, where it puts on the black list its envoys, refused to send officials from the highest level to the meetings it hosts, and a threat to strike the nation with high definitions that are likely to deepen its economic crisis.

The recent signs of this came with the revelation by the second largest party in the South African coalition government, the Democratic Alliance (DA), that the United States government rejected President Cyril Ramavusa’s envoy, and his acquisition of diplomatic visa in May and He refused to identify him as “official axes”.

Ramavusa created the post of MCBISI Jonas, the non -executive MTN MTN, MTN and the former respected financial minister, to improve the bottom relationship in South Africa with the United States.

A spokesman for Ramavusa DA was accused of “misinformation”, but he did not deny the party’s demand. The US State Department refused to suspend it when contacting it by the BBC, noting “the visa record company.”

The appointment of Jonas came after President Donald Trump cut aid to South Africa, accused the Ramavusa government of persecuting eggs, and condemned it on charges of establishing a collective genocide against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and “reactivating” relations with Iran – which is a continuous mind for the United States.

Britra Singh, a South African foreign policy expert at the BBC, told the BBC that Da’s claims about Jonas were correct, this will take place with the Trump administration strategy to give South Africa the “cold shoulder, and cut the communication channels he strongly needs.”

The United States not only underestimated bilateral relations with South Africa, but also boycotted it in global bodies such as the G20 – currently headed by Ramavusa, in the hope that the interests of developing countries will advance in talks with the richest states in the world.

The last sign of this was the decision of US Treasury Secretary Scott Beesen to overcome a financial ministers meeting on Thursday in South Africa, preferring to send a lesser official instead.

Pesin exceeded a similar meeting in February, while Foreign Secretary Marco Rubio remained out of a meeting of ministers abroad in the Group of Twenty, saying that the Ramavusa government was doing “very bad things” and “Tredi’s anti -America” could not.

Ramavusa was hoping to obtain relations with the United States on an equal casual after Trump invited him to the Oval Office in May – only for the US President for his punches by showing footage and pollution of reports from false reports to apply to his widely questionable claim that genocide was taking place against white people in South Africa.

Jonas was remarkably absent from Ramavusa’s high delegation, which gave the credibility of Da’s claim that he was not welcome in Washington.

This restores South Africa to the first box, as the United States expelled its ambassador to Washington, Ibrahim Rasoul, after Trump, in a letter leaked at a meeting of a thinker, “mobilized mobilization” and attempted “the white victim as a traveling traveler” while confronting the white population in the United States.

In a political strange decision, Ramavusa left a vacant job, despite its importance, indicating that his government was a scarcity of qualified professional diplomats who could rebuild relations with the second largest trading partner in South Africa.

Instead, Ramavusa suspended his hopes on a special envoy, and said at the time of the appointment of Jonas, “He will lead negotiations, and strengthen strategic partnerships and interact with US government officials and private sector leaders to enhance our nation’s interests.”

But it is unclear how Ramavusa expected Jonas to achieve this, given that, like Rasoul, made controversial statements about Trump, describing him as “racist” and “narcissistic wing” in the 2020 speech that he returned to chase after his appointment.

This has doubled from the fact that MTN has a 49 % stake in the Iranian telecom company, which is a major concern for the United States.

Compared to its previous positions, South Africa was “more cautious” – as Mr. Singh said – in its response to the American air strikes on Iran in June, just saying that she looked at the conflict with “extreme anxiety” and I hope it would be resolved through the dialogue.

W, Gyude Moore, a policy analyst at the World Development Center in the United States, told BBC that it is not surprising that South Africa is in the shooting line in Trump.

He pointed out that South Africa defended what Trump’s support base saw as “wake up culture.” For example, Ramavusa considered the G20 group as a forum through which to enhance international “solidarity, equality and sustainability”, which Rubio opposed, equality in “diversity, fairness and integration”, as well as climate change.

Mr. Moore said this was also confirmed in the Trump administration’s position towards the policy of “black empowerment” of South Africa, accusing of “sweat -based discrimination” against eggs. The Ramavusa government believes it is necessary to address the legacy of the apartheid system in the apartheid.

“I cannot see how the differences can be resolved. South Africa will have to continue and strengthen relations with other countries. It is not the only one at the Trump administration intersection,” added Mr. Moore.

But it is a major blow to South Africa, because it has maintained commercial relations and strong aid with the republican and successive democracy administrations despite the existence of sharp differences with them.

Mr. Singh pointed out that South Africa, for example, opposed the war of Republican George W. Bush in Iraq and Afghanistan, but South Africa is still benefiting from Pepfar, The program that it created for HIV/AIDSAnd the Trump administration reduced funding earlier this year.

“The Trump administration is completely different, and everyone caught up outside the goalkeeper. South Africa will only have to overcome the storm and try to alleviate the damage,” said Mr. Singh.

But the economic consequences may be destroyed – especially if Trump imposes a 30 % tariff on South African commodities as of August 1, as he threatened to do so.

The head of the Central Bank in South Africa, Letiga Canigo, said that the customs tariff can lead to about 100,000 jobs – worrying to a country where the unemployment rate is amazing 32.9 %.

South African agricultural definitions will severely strike. This is ridiculous because Trump portrayed himself as a hero of the country’s African farmers, as he gave them a position to refugees in the United States.

It also gives them an opportunity to agriculture in the United States and enhance its economy in line with Trump’s “First” policy.