# Former president Kgalema Motlanthe has described the US as a declining empire under unpredictable leadership. Speaking after voting at Killarney Country Club, Motlanthe commented on Washington’s exclusion of South Africa from the African Growth and Opportunity Act. He said the US has the right to decide which countries access its markets, without necessarily providing substantial reasons. Motlanthe also argued that president Donald Trump reflects the decline of American imperial power:
Motlanthe describes US as a declining empire [SOUND]
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