The Media Called It an “Ambush” But Victor Davis Hanson Says That’s a Lie

Hanson just revealed the real reason South Africa’s president begged for a meeting with Trump—and dropped a brutal prediction about what happens next.

“It was an ambush.”

That was the headline when South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met with Donald Trump at the White House.

But Victor Davis Hanson says that narrative falls apart the moment you look closer.

“Ambush,” he explained, means a surprise attack from a hidden position.

“That was not an ambush. Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa… wanted that meeting with Donald Trump. He requested it. And when he came in, he was prepared to refute Donald Trump.”

In fact, Hanson pointed out, the press had been giddy beforehand.

They expected Ramaphosa to deliver a public dressing-down—what they didn’t expect was that Trump came just as prepared, if not more so.

“Trump was ready for the bill of goods,” he said, “and had his own bill of goods.”