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US ambassador Bozell shifts from Trump grievances to ‘South African exceptionalism’ | SA News

The new US ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III, was upbeat about better relations with South Africa in his first public remarks since arriving in the country.

He was markedly more positive than he had been during his confirmation hearings before the US Senate in October, when he focused heavily on President Donald Trump’s many grievances against South Africa.

The US embassy in Pretoria conveyed Bozell’s first message to South Africa in a “welcome” video that it released a day after Bozell had handed a copy of his letter of credentials to Dirco’s acting chief of protocol, Clayson Monyela. Doing so made Bozell’s appointment official.

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