It’s reasonable to wonder how many Western leaders in South Africa for Mandela’s memorial today have been keeping their tears of grief in check since June
Did Obama know date of Mandela’s death was June 26, 2013?
President Barack Obama may have already known the real date of Nelson Mandela’s death and studiously planned funeral when he made his June 2013 African trip--and was even able to take the photo he would later Tweet on the day of Mandela’s officially announced death while he was still in South Africa.