The real irony, which I’m sure is lost on Trump, is that Balogun is only able to play for the US due to his birthright citizenship, something the Trump administration is actively trying to get rid of.

Balogun played for England until 2023.

Full circle.

Pepfar funding, which had been providing about a fifth of South Africa’s total spending on HIV programmes, got a reprieve last October with what was called a “bridge plan”.

But a US State Department official has confirmed that a “phased drawdown” of Pepfar funding would now start.

This was because of “South Africa’s failure to make demonstrable progress on policy requests by the administration”, the official said.

So bizarre.

Making that decision based on disinformation is par for the course for this administration.

A company with a name like that would never meddle with democratic votes in other countries, that’s a preposterous suspicion.