Former President Donald Trump flew newly freed Nelson Mandela to the United States from South Africa in 1990 when he had no other choice, according to recently resurfaced reports. Los Angeles Times.
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Article “Trump protects Mandela'' appeared in times June 25, 1990:
One of the last things to be agreed upon during Nelson Mandela's hastily planned tour of the United States was arranging flights to the eight cities on his itinerary.
After frenetic negotiations with everyone from the U.S. government to private charter companies failed, the unlikely benefactor turned out to be none other than Donald Trump.
Mandela and about 80 of his companions arrived here on a Trump Shuttle 727 on Sunday, and will be on the same plane for the rest of the tour, which ends in Los Angeles and Oakland later this week. Trump's shuttle also carried Mandela from New York to Boston on Saturday.
Mandela's group wanted to rent a plane, which cost them $130,000, or $1,625 (about $3,900) per person for the entire trip. today's (but still a bargain for an international trip that visits four major U.S. cities).
Mandela was released in February 1990 after 27 years in prison. He agreed to end the “armed struggle” against the apartheid regime and negotiate with it instead.
After four years of negotiations, South Africa held its first truly democratic elections on 27 April 1994. Mandela's party won a majority, making him South Africa's first black president and its first democratically elected president.
Mandela served one five-year term before stepping down to allow a peaceful transition of power to his successor.
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