Chief among the many differences between diplomacy and reality TV is that the latter is built on “gotcha” moments and catchphrases. That the two can now be spoken of in the same breath speaks to the disruption of, and disregard for, the norms of diplomacy-as-usual by US President Donald Trump. Less than three months after he all but upended Washington’s stance on the Russia-Ukraine conflict in a public spat with Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, Trump tried to ambush South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with footage of questionable provenance — the four-minute video showed........

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