The South African media is long on anti-Trump sentiment, frequently the echo chambers of foreign counterparts. Stephen Bannon, chief White House strategist, told the New York Times: "The media here is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is president of the US." Nor, evidently, do our local wags. David N PolovinBantry Bay

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