South Africa suspends American businesses and mineral exports
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Yeah I agree. I came across the article as I like to read up on what's going on with BRICS countries as that seems like something worth keeping an eye on. But the lack of confirmation is troublesome. Even something like a giant trade deal with China that would give them some standing to call Trump's bluff would lend some credibility. It could be that this was threatened during negotiations and someone jumped the gun to say it's now policy? If I see any more about it one way or another, I will update the post.
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Just like Felon...stop making electric cars or launching useful satellites and he's gonna get the reprisal of the public.... Much more than now. I assume.
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Did you hit the wrong group?
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Wow, yeah it’s true, found more sources that confirm too.
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Found 5 sources
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Links or it didn't happen
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Almost as if that's the whole point.
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I'm worried that his response will be military coercion...
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I haven't seen any reliable sources say this yet.
An article from February 3 https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/minerals/?hilite=minerals by the country's public broadcaster, quotes the Minister of Minerals and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, saying South Africa's minerals should be withheld from US, but I've seen no reports that it actually will be.
I also couldn't find anything at the government's website https://www.gov.za/, nor via DDG at Reuters or AP.
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Oh, it absolutely will be. Our drunken defense secretary said that soft power is weakness.
Might makes right. Get ready for WWIII.
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Is there a Lost Lemmings community?
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It looks like that first link just references the original article. Seems to be an AI generated summary, too.
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https://lemmy.nz/post/19315821/13640880 I have no idea how to do a relative URL.
They posted above/below.
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They are indeed crap. The Reuters link isn't even about this.
From SA's perspective, this would be get in front of cameras and pound your chest news, not get an unnamed spokesperson to whisper about it to some unknown reporter news. Like, why would you want to dramatically punch back... but keep it low key? Makes no sense.
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I think this guy is very likely going to invade an Ally once he's consolidated his coup.
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Inside the US. President Musk and the Cuck-in-Chief plan to cut the Pentagon budget in half. I mean, the defense contractors will still get plenty of cash but there won't be enough trained volunteer soldiers.
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LOL, I did! Sorry!
