US EditionSouth Africa’s Ramaphosa Heads to US to Ease Tensions With Trump
- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on May 21, shortly after the United States accepted a group of 59 white South Africans seeking refuge amid claims of persecution.
- The refugee resettlement begins a larger Trump administration plan responding to allegations that white Afrikaner farmers face race-based persecution, which South Africa denies, calling these claims misinformation.
- Trump criticizes South Africa's Black-led government for anti-white laws, violent crime affecting farmers, and a foreign policy hostile to U.S. Allies, while South Africa calls the farmer killings non-racial and part of broader violence.
- Trump issued a February 7 executive order cutting U.S. Funding to South Africa and threatening institutions over diversity programs, citing South Africa's land expropriation policies and its accusation of Israel genocide as examples.
- Ramaphosa's visit seeks to rebuild and strengthen diplomatic ties between the two countries amid ongoing tensions and a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza caused by recent Israeli military measures.
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The Independent (US)Trump to meet with South African president after claims of ‘genocide’ of Afrikaners
Experts and data dismiss notion of a genocide against white farmers in South Africa
Diplomatic Tensions: Trump's Accusations of Genocide in South Africa
Diplomatic Tensions: Trump's Accusations of Genocide in South Africa U.S. President Donald Trump made waves this week with his controversial assertion of an unreported “genocide” occurring against white farmers in South Africa. This marks his most severe critique yet of the country, which he has targeted over various issues since his return to office.Trump's allegations primarily center around the claim that South Africa's government is promotin…
“Trump’s Fake Refugees”: As U.S. Welcomes White South Africans, Trump Falsely Charges “Genocide”
The Trump administration has suspended refugee resettlement for most of the world, but welcomed 59 white South African Afrikaners Monday who were granted refugee status. President Trump claims Afrikaners face racial discrimination — even though South Africa’s white minority still own the vast majority of farmland decades after the end of apartheid — and claims they are escaping “genocide.” This accusation “is a conspiracy theory and a myth that …
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