Tony Leon: New US Ambassador to SA “a flamethrower from Trump’s MAGA world”

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The White House dropped a surprise last night in naming US conservative heavyweight Leo Brent Bozell, rather than frontrunner Joel Pollak, as its choice to become the ambassador to South Africa. Bozell is an anti-mainstream media activist, best known for founding (in 1987) and running the Media Research Centre, whose stated mission is to “expose and neutralise… the (US) national news media.” Bozell is also a vocal strong supporter of Israel. Here’s an inside track from Tony Leon, former leader of the DA and SA’s erstwhile ambassador to Argentina. He spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg.
26 Mar 5AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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