The gold coasters are now visible in the Oval Office during official meetings and some are even gifted to world leaders. Stensrud noted that President Trump specifically requested that the company ...

It’s the new Hunger Games of world politics — the televised Oval Office take-down by President Donald Trump. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was the latest leader to become a MAGA prop ...

He said behind closed doors, at the lunch that followed the Oval Office drama, things had gone well. Trump might still attend a summit of the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations in ...

JOHANNESBURG — "All in all it was awful but it could have been worse," was how one South African newspaper summed up President Cyril Ramaphosa's extraordinary Oval Office meeting with President Trump ...

The entrance to the Oval Office doesn’t have a “caution” sign hanging overhead, but if two recent meetings with foreign leaders are indication, it might need one. South African President ...

(CNN) — Moments before President Donald Trump escorted his South African counterpart into the Oval Office on Wednesday, White House aides could be seen wheeling two large-screen televisions down ...

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 21: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) speaks during a meeting with President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House on May 21, 2025 in Washington, DC.