South Africa Formally Protests Being Labeled a Third World Shithole

Words fail me.

“Johannesburg (CNN)South Africa issued a diplomatic protest to the United States Monday over President Donald Trump’s “shithole countries” comments, according to its foreign ministry.

South African diplomats also met with the US Embassy’s Charge d’Affaires Monday to express their concerns.

In a statement, the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) didn’t specifically mention the vulgarity but said it was concerned about “statements that were allegedly made by President Donald Trump” concerning African nations.

DIRCO noted South Africa’s contributions to the United States and said international reactions “clearly serve as a united affirmation of the dignity of the people of Africa and the African diaspora.” The statement also noted that Monday was Martin Luther King Day in the United States. …”

Why would anyone think post-apartheid South Africa – the home of the Rape-aXe condom – has become a crime-infested Third World shithole? I have no idea.