During a tense Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, President Donald Trump confronted NBC News reporter Peter Alexander over a question regarding a $400 million jet gifted by Qatar to the U.S. Air Force.
CNN International correspondent Larry Madowo accused President Donald Trump on Wednesday of repeating “white supremacist” talking points during a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The claim was made during a segment on CNN’s “News Central.”
South African radical leftist Julius Malema doubled down Wednesday on his inflammatory rhetoric against white farmers, openly reiterating calls to "Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer" just hours after President Donald Trump raised alarm over anti-white violence in South Africa.
Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen said Afrikaner refugees fleeing South Africa for the U.S. are making a “mistake,” downplaying fears of land seizures and racial violence that have led tens of thousands to seek asylum. His remarks were made at a farming convention and reported by The Sunday Times.
The Episcopal Church has announced its decision to cease participation in the U.S. government's refugee resettlement program, following the Trump administration's move to grant expedited refugee status to white South African Afrikaners.
Senator Chris Van Hollen criticized the Trump administration’s decision to accept white South African refugees fleeing race-based violence, calling it part of a “sick global apartheid policy.” His comments followed the arrival of 49 Afrikaners—descendants of Dutch settlers—at Dulles International Airport on Monday, with the group set to resettle across ten states.
The Trump administration is moving forward with a refugee resettlement program that will bring white Afrikaners from South Africa to the United States, citing racial persecution and discrimination as the basis for their relocation.
South Africa’s case accusing Israel of “genocide” at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) was secretly planned by anti-Israel lawyer John Dugard and communist ex-minister Ronnie Kasrils, according to recent admissions by former South African foreign minister Naledi Pandor. The plan was intentionally concealed from the South African public to avoid backlash from the Jewish community and other critics.
