by Anura Guruge
on April 7, 2024
Donald Trump’s claim, this morning, that he was a ‘Modern Day Nelson Mandela‘ infuriated me. That is no surprise. Dear Nelson is in the TOP TIER of my Pantheon of Heroes. And NO, Trump will never make it to that hallowed pantheon to join two other U.S. presidents.
I tried Googling to see IF Trump ever met with Nelson. I couldn’t find anything. It is possible. Trump did get around.
Nelson, of course, is used to dealing with white nationalists — most of white South Africa was that during apartheid. I tried to work out if he would have thought Trump similar to ‘F.W. de Klerk‘. De Klerk was fairly smart — much, much smarter than Trump (but that is not hard to be). I think Nelson had some respect for de Klerk. Yes, there was mutual respect.
Not sure whether Nelson would have found anything to respect in Trump.
Fascinating.
I am sure of one thing though. Trump is NO Mandela. That has to be clear to most.
