Trump unaware of the joke behind a caricature of himself

President Donald Trump shared a Newsweek International cover Monday showing a giant cartoon version of himself straddling North and South America in a safari outfit holding a fuel pump, captioned "TRUMP WAS RIGHT (ABOUT VENEZUELA)."

The White House reposted the image with the caption, "TRUST IN TRUMP."

The imagery closely mirrors an infamous 1892 illustration of British imperialist and white supremacist Cecil Rhodes standing over Africa in nearly identical pose and size, holding a telegraph line.

Rhodes, a diamond magnate, used his British South Africa Company to seize present-day Zimbabwe in the 1890s, resulting in over 20,000 African deaths.

As Cape Colony prime minister, his policies disregarded African land rights and established foundations for apartheid discrimination.

“I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race,” Rhodes wrote on June 2, 1877.

“Just fancy those parts that are at present inhabited by the most despicable specimens of human beings what an alteration there would be if they were brought under Anglo-Saxon influence, look again at the extra employment a new country added to our dominions gives.”

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