Trump's recent series of maneuvers in diplomatic settings has truly left people shaking their heads. From clashing with Zelensky to now confronting South African President Ramaphosa, the White House is almost becoming his 'argument venue'. What is most shocking is that he actually played a video of the so-called 'white genocide in South Africa' during a meeting with the South African president, turning what should have been a friendly conversation into a powder keg of tension—Ramaphosa immediately fired back, stating that South Africa's violent crime issues affect all races, and that the proportion of Black victims is even higher, so where does the term 'genocide' come from?

Anyone with discernment knows that South Africa's land distribution issue is a 'long-standing difficulty' stemming from colonial history. Black people make up a majority of the population, yet they only own about a quarter of the country's land. The government aims to gradually adjust this through legal means, which is essentially an internal affair. But Trump insists on seizing upon individual cases and taking them out of context, even bringing up the matter of Qatar sending planes during the talks, treating the diplomatic occasion like a 'marketplace', with his every word revolving around the logic of transactions.

Is this what normal diplomatic talks look like? Clearly, it is his personal 'performance show'—first creating conflict to attract attention, then steering the topic towards exchanges of interests. From pressuring Ukraine on aid while discussing mineral agreements during the Ukraine crisis to now meddling in South Africa's internal affairs, his consistent style is to sensationalize issues, oversimplifying and politicizing complex problems, while the actual facts seem to have never been his priority.

Of course, to say that he has no truth in his words would be an exaggeration, but in contexts involving political aims or personal interests, how much substance there is to his words deserves a big question mark. After all, it is hard to believe that someone who has ingrained 'transactional thinking' into the very bones of diplomacy would genuinely place 'respect for facts' and 'the sovereignty of other nations' on the table.

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