Trump ‘bullying all nations’, says Motsoaledi
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has labelled US President Donald Trump a bully.
Motsoledi was speaking to SABC News on Wednesday shortly after Trump responded to Iran's attack on its military base during a press conference at the White House.
Tensions between the United States and Iran are on the rise after Trump ordered the killing last Friday of a top Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani.
Iran responded by firing missiles on Wednesday at Iraqi bases housing the US military.
Trump said the United States would immediately be imposing "additional punishing sanctions" on Iran but made no mention of military retaliation to the missile attacks.
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Motsoaledi responding to a question on whether Trump not retaliating is a good sign by saying: "He didn't speak like a head of state, he spoke like a malicious man.”
He added that Trump did not provide any solutions to quell the tensions in the Middle East.
"He is praised for having lots of weapon instead of calling for peace around the world which is what everybody is striving for.
"In fact, he is bullying all nations. We are in trouble, let me put it that way, the whole world is in trouble because we have a man who is a head of a very powerful nation who has no quality's of a leader at all. It is very unfortunate.”