'Africa Loves You', Billionaire Motsepe Tells U.S. President Trump

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allAfrica.com
Publication Date:
24 January 2020
Tags:
South Africa, Economy, Business and Finance, External Relations, Governance, United States, Canada and Africa

Billionaire philanthropist and mining mogul Patrice Motsepe has said that Africa loves U.S. President Donald Trump, sparking controversy on social media. The African Rainbow Minerals CEO's comment was caught on camera at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday. Motsepe said: "... And all we wanted to say is that Africa loves America, Africa loves you. It's very, very important. We want America to do well, we want you to do well. The success of America is the success of the rest of the world."

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