'Thanks, but no thanks': White South Africans reject Trump's resettlement proposal
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Thanks, but no thanks': White South Africans reject Trump's resettlement proposal

Firstpost  

The group simply said “Thanks but no thanks”. Reuters Groups representing South Africa’s white minority have rejected US President Donald Trump’s plan to offer refugee status and resettlement in the United States. At the same news conference, Kallie Kriel, the CEO of the Afrikaner lobby group AfriForum, said: “We have to state categorically: We don’t want to move elsewhere.” Trump’s move to sanction South Africa, a key US trading partner in Africa, came after he and his South African-born adviser Elon Musk accused the Black leadership of having an anti-White Stance. South Africa hits back In response to Trump’s executive order, South Africa’s foreign ministry pointed out that the Afrikaners still remain an “economically privileged” section of the society. “It is ironic that the executive order makes provision for refugee status in the US for a group in South Africa that remains amongst the most economically privileged," South Africa’s Foreign Ministry said.

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67,000 white South Africans express interest in Trump’s plan to give them refugee status
1 week ago

67,000 white South Africans express interest in Trump’s plan to give them refugee status

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The United States Embassy in South Africa said Thursday it received a list of more than 67,000 people interested in refugee status in the U.S. under President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate members of a white minority group he claims are victims of racial discrimination by their Black-led government. Trump issued an executive order on …

67,000 white South Africans have expressed interest in Trump’s plan to give them refugee status
1 week, 1 day ago

67,000 white South Africans have expressed interest in Trump’s plan to give them refugee status

LA Times  

White South Africans demonstrate in support of President Trump in front of the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on Feb. 15. The United States Embassy in South Africa said Thursday that it received a list of nearly 70,000 people interested in refugee status in the U.S. under President Trump’s plan to relocate members of a white minority group he …

‘Race-baiting’ Donald Trump hater: US expels South Africa’s envoy Ebrahim Rasool — No longer welcome’
1 week, 5 days ago

‘Race-baiting’ Donald Trump hater: US expels South Africa’s envoy Ebrahim Rasool — No longer welcome’

Live Mint  

The Trump administration has expelled South Africa's ambassador Ebrahim Rasool to the United States, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, calling him a "race-baiting politician" who hates President Donald Trump. In a post on social media platform X on Friday, Rubio said: "South Africa's Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country." Slumped ties The …

Why Trump is singling out South Africa and accusing it of being anti-American
1 week, 6 days ago

Why Trump is singling out South Africa and accusing it of being anti-American

LA Times  

President Trump speaks with Col. Paul Pawluk as he exits Marine One before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Friday. The order criticized the Black-led South African government on multiple fronts, accusing it of pursuing anti-white policies at home and supporting “bad actors” in the world such as the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Iran. The …

Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador no longer welcome in US after criticizing Trump
2 weeks ago

Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador no longer welcome in US after criticizing Trump

Politico  

The rare move to declare the diplomat unwelcome comes amid deteriorating relations apparently driven, at least in part, by the billionaire Elon Musk, the close Trump adviser who is a native of South Africa. The president signed an executive order last month to halt aid to South Africa because of what the administration called “egregious’ actions” taken by the country, …

Donald Trump fast-tracks citizenship for South African farmers, ends US funding for SA
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Donald Trump fast-tracks citizenship for South African farmers, ends US funding for SA

Live Mint  

US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that his administration is halting all federal funding to South Africa, citing concerns over the treatment of farmers in the country. Fast-track US citizenship for South African farmers Alongside the funding freeze, Trump declared that South African farmers fleeing for safety reasons will be granted a "rapid pathway to Citizenship" in the …

US Suspends Aid To South Africa Over ‘Discrimination’ Against White Farmers, Trump Offers ‘Rapid’ Citizenship
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

US Suspends Aid To South Africa Over ‘Discrimination’ Against White Farmers, Trump Offers ‘Rapid’ Citizenship

ABP News  

The United States has halted all federal funding to South Africa, US President Donald Trump announced on Friday, citing alleged land confiscation and discrimination against white farmers. US Aid Blockage Over 'Unjust Racial Discrimination' Against White Afrikaners: Report As per a cable accessed by The Guardian, Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered an immediate pause on most US foreign aid …

Trump offers 'rapid pathway to Citizenship' for certain White South Africans
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump offers 'rapid pathway to Citizenship' for certain White South Africans

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump is reaching out to South African farmers looking to leave the country due to "terrible" treatment by their own government. On Truth Social Friday, Trump posted, "South Africa is being terrible, plus, to long time Farmers in the country. Trump has been ruminating about the situation in South Africa for over a month, posting in early February, …

Are white Afrikaners at risk in South Africa? Not really, most say
1 month, 1 week ago

Are white Afrikaners at risk in South Africa? Not really, most say

Al Jazeera  

As Trump offers to take in Afrikaner refugees, many say right-wing lobbyists have spread misinformation and fear. At the rally outside the US embassy, speakers urged attendees to “make South Africa great again,” echoing Trump’s Make America Great Again rhetoric. ‘I am quite privileged’ For many South Africans, the gathering outside the US embassy evoked memories of apartheid nostalgia as …

US Snub to South Africa’s G-20 May Be a Gift to BRICS Nations
1 month, 1 week ago

US Snub to South Africa’s G-20 May Be a Gift to BRICS Nations

Live Mint  

-- South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa’s priority as Group of 20 president is overhauling the global institutions he sees as skewed in favor of the West. South Africa is planning for a reduced participation of the US during its G-20 presidency, including the chance that Trump opts out of the leaders’ summit in November to embarrass Ramaphosa, the people said, …

White South Africans gather to thank Trump for support
1 month, 1 week ago

White South Africans gather to thank Trump for support

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Hundreds of protesters held placards that read “Thank God …

White South Africans gather in support of Trump and his claims that they are victims of racism
1 month, 1 week ago

White South Africans gather in support of Trump and his claims that they are victims of racism

Associated Press  

PRETORIA, South Africa — Some white South Africans showed support for President Donald Trump on Saturday and gathered at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria to claim they are victims of racism by their own government. Hundreds of protesters held placards that read “Thank God for President Trump” and displayed other messages criticizing what they see as racist laws instituted by …

White South Africans gather in support of Trump and his claims that they are victims of racism
1 month, 1 week ago

White South Africans gather in support of Trump and his claims that they are victims of racism

CNN  

Pretoria, South Africa AP — Some white South Africans showed support for President Donald Trump on Saturday and gathered at the US Embassy in Pretoria to claim they are victims of racism by their own government. Hundreds of protesters held placards that read “Thank God for President Trump” and displayed other messages criticizing what they see as racist laws instituted …

Ilhan Omar Says Trump Wants Refugee Resettlement 'Only For White People'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ilhan Omar Says Trump Wants Refugee Resettlement 'Only For White People'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Rep. Ilhan Omar on Tuesday blasted President Donald Trump’s recent announcement that he would allow white South Africans to resettle in the U.S. as refugees. Trump halted all refugee resettlement in the U.S. in one of his first actions as president last month, then on Friday announced an exception for Afrikaners, the white descendants of …

'Ridiculous and lame': South Africans mock Trump proposals
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Ridiculous and lame': South Africans mock Trump proposals

Raw Story  

by Hillary ORINDE 'On the streets of Johannesburg's student district, U.S. President Donald Trump's offer to accept white Afrikaners as refugees landed as both "ridiculous" and "lame", among South Africans of all races. South African-born billionaire Elon Musk, the world's richest person and Trump's right-hand man, has in the past echoed far-right conspiracy theories about a "white genocide" in the …

White Afrikaners reject Donald Trump’s refugee offer, vow to stay in South Africa
1 month, 2 weeks ago

White Afrikaners reject Donald Trump’s refugee offer, vow to stay in South Africa

Live Mint  

US President Donald Trump's executive order offering refugee status to white South Africans fleeing alleged persecution has been met with resistance from prominent Afrikaner organizations. Trump's executive order cuts aid to South Africa On Friday, Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut American aid to South Africa. The order includes provisions for "Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims …

White South Africans clamor for U.S. resettlement after Trump order
1 month, 2 weeks ago

White South Africans clamor for U.S. resettlement after Trump order

Raw Story  

A deluge of more than 20,000 queries crashed the email server of the South African Chamber of Commerce in the United States after President Donald Trump said he would prioritize white South Africans in a refugee program, the chamber said Monday. Trump, whose tycoon ally Elon Musk was born in South Africa, said on Friday the law signed in January …

'Thanks, but no thanks': White South Africans reject Trump's resettlement proposal
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Thanks, but no thanks': White South Africans reject Trump's resettlement proposal

Firstpost  

The group simply said “Thanks but no thanks”. Reuters Groups representing South Africa’s white minority have rejected US President Donald Trump’s plan to offer refugee status and resettlement in the United States. At the same news conference, Kallie Kriel, the CEO of the Afrikaner lobby group AfriForum, said: “We have to state categorically: We don’t want to move elsewhere.” Trump’s …

Trump signs order prioritizing US ‘resettlement’ of white South Africans over ‘discrimination’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump signs order prioritizing US ‘resettlement’ of white South Africans over ‘discrimination’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Trump raged in his order that South Africa’s government is seizing “ethnic minority Afrikaners’ …

Trump accuses South Africa of ‘massive human rights violation’ over land policy, suspends aid
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump accuses South Africa of ‘massive human rights violation’ over land policy, suspends aid

Firstpost  

Trump has offered to resettle White South African farmers and their families as refugees under the country’s Refugee Admissions Program for Afrikaners. However, the descendants of early Dutch and French settlers don’t look eager to migrate to the US US President Donald Trump Sunday cited a “massive human rights violation” to justify his executive order ending American aid to South …

Trump accuses South Africa of ‘massive human rights violation’ over land policy, suspends aid
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump accuses South Africa of ‘massive human rights violation’ over land policy, suspends aid

Firstpost  

Trump has offered to resettle White South African farmers and their families as refugees under the country’s Refugee Admissions Program for Afrikaners. File image/ Reuters US President Donald Trump Sunday cited a “massive human rights violation” to justify his executive order ending American aid to South Africa. Trump also offered to resettle White South African farmers and their families as …

Why does Donald Trump want to give Afrikaners refugee status? Is Elon Musk behind it?
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why does Donald Trump want to give Afrikaners refugee status? Is Elon Musk behind it?

Firstpost  

Afrikaners are a group of white South Africans descend mainly from Dutch settlers. US President Donald Trump is claiming that white Afrikaners are ‘blatantly’ discriminated against by a land expropriation law that South Africa just approved. White Afrikaners, who are descended from Dutch and other European colonists, were “blatantly” discriminated against by a land expropriation law that South Africa just …

‘No thanks’: White South Africans turn down Trump’s US immigration offer
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘No thanks’: White South Africans turn down Trump’s US immigration offer

Al Jazeera  

US president’s executive order provides resettlement for Afrikaners ‘who are victims of unjust racial discrimination’. United States President Donald Trump’s offer to rehouse white South Africans as refugees fleeing persecution may not spur quite the rush he anticipates, as right-wing white lobby groups want to “tackle the injustices” of Black majority rule on home soil. Trump on Friday signed an …

Trump Says Some White South Africans Could Be Resettled In The U.S. — They Say 'No Thanks'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump Says Some White South Africans Could Be Resettled In The U.S. — They Say 'No Thanks'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Groups representing some of South Africa’s white minority responded Saturday to a plan by President Donald Trump to offer them refugee status and resettlement in the United States by saying: thanks, but no thanks. The Trump administration accused the South African government of allowing violent attacks on white Afrikaner farmers and introducing …

Trump signs order to cut funding for South Africa over land policy, ICJ case
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump signs order to cut funding for South Africa over land policy, ICJ case

The Hindu  

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut U.S. financial assistance to South Africa, the White House said on Friday, citing disapproval of its land policy and of its genocide case at the International Court of Justice against Washington's ally Israel. South Africa's foreign ministry said on Saturday that the executive order "lacks factual accuracy and fails to recognise …

Trump says some white South Africans are oppressed and could be resettled in the US. They say no thanks
Trending News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump says some white South Africans are oppressed and could be resettled in the US. They say no thanks

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Groups representing some of South Africa’s white minority responded Saturday to a plan by President Donald Trump to offer them refugee status and resettlement in the United States by saying: thanks, but no thanks. The Trump administration accused the South African government of allowing violent attacks on white Afrikaner farmers and introducing a land expropriation …

Why is Trump punishing South Africa and who are the Afrikaners he wants to give refugee status to?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why is Trump punishing South Africa and who are the Afrikaners he wants to give refugee status to?

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his promise to punish South Africa by signing an executive order Friday stopping all aid to the country over what he called a human rights violation against a white minority group. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print It also accused South …

Outrage as Trump grants refugee status to group behind South African apartheid
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Outrage as Trump grants refugee status to group behind South African apartheid

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump has largely hobbled the U.S. refugee resettlement program since retaking office last month — but he gave one group of people special consideration for resettlement. On Friday, Trump signed an executive order condemning South Africa's new land expropriation law, which was designed to address the ongoing harms wrought on the country by the racist apartheid regime. The …

Trump freezes aid to South Africa amid spat over land expropriation law
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump freezes aid to South Africa amid spat over land expropriation law

Al Jazeera  

Trump’s executive order comes after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said his country would not be ‘bullied’. In an executive order signed on Friday, Trump said the law showed a “shocking disregard” for citizens’ rights and would allow the government to seize land from ethnic minority Afrikaners without compensation. The passage of the Expropriation Act, signed last month by South …

Trump says some white South Africans are oppressed, could be resettled in U.S. They say no thanks
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump says some white South Africans are oppressed, could be resettled in U.S. They say no thanks

LA Times  

President Trump wants to offer South Africa’s white minority refugee status and resettlement in the United States. Groups representing some of South Africa’s white minority have responded to a plan by President Trump to offer them refugee status and resettlement in the United States by saying: thanks, but no thanks. The Trump administration accused the South African government of allowing …

Thanks, but no thanks: 'Oppressed' white South Africans turn down Trump's offer to resettle in US
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Thanks, but no thanks: 'Oppressed' white South Africans turn down Trump's offer to resettle in US

India TV News  

Trump offers to resettle in US: Amidst US authorities launching a crackdown against illegal immigration in the country, President Donald Trump offered 'oppressed' white South Africans refugee status and resettlement, which was turned down on Saturday. A group representing the white minority of South Africa in its response said they would not be taking up Trump's offer of resettlement in …

Trump freezes aid to South Africa over controversial land law, claiming discrimination against White farmers
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump freezes aid to South Africa over controversial land law, claiming discrimination against White farmers

CNN  

CNN — US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aimed at freezing assistance to South Africa over a controversial law that allows the government to seize farmland from ethnic minorities — namely White farmers — without compensation, as well as the country’s stance against Israel and its war in Gaza. Trump said in the order the United States …

Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, citing country’s land expropriation law
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, citing country’s land expropriation law

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that he’ll freeze assistance to South Africa for a law aiming to address some of the wrongs of South Africa’s racist apartheid era — a law the White House says amounts to discrimination against the country’s white minority. “As long as South Africa continues …

Trump’s fear mongering on South Africa’s land reform exposes his hypocrisy
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s fear mongering on South Africa’s land reform exposes his hypocrisy

Al Jazeera  

Trump suggests land justice for Black South Africans is a threat, but US land seizures benefiting white populations – past, present and future – are all necessary and just. In an all-too-familiar display of ignorance, United States President Donald Trump recently denounced South Africa’s new Expropriation Act, falsely framing it as a racially driven attack on the white minority. They …

Is South Africa ‘confiscating land’, targeting some groups as Trump claims?
Trending News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Is South Africa ‘confiscating land’, targeting some groups as Trump claims?

Al Jazeera  

US president has threatened to cut funding to South Africa over alleged land grabs. Trump’s assertion is grounded in the myth that white South Africans are the targets of unlawful land confiscations, something South Africa’s government has vehemently denied. Also, I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been …

Trump vows to save white South Africans while Musk calls for welcoming them as refugees
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump vows to save white South Africans while Musk calls for welcoming them as refugees

Salon  

Donald Trump is throwing his weight into the racial politics of South Africa, the country where Elon Musk grew up as the son of a wealthy property developer under apartheid. In Musk's telling, it's white South Africans who are now facing injustice, and he endorsed and shared an X post Tuesday from a user who suggested that the U.S. should …

US President Trump To Cut-Off Funding To South Africa Over 'Human Rights Violation'
1 month, 3 weeks ago

US President Trump To Cut-Off Funding To South Africa Over 'Human Rights Violation'

ABP News  

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he would cut-off all future funding to South Africa, asserting that the government was 'confiscating' land and 'treating certain classes of people very badly'. The controversy started when South African President Cyril Ramaphosa recently signed a land expropriation bill, which allows the government to offer 'nil compensation' for property in cases where …

Donald Trump cuts funding for South Africa, says ‘massive human rights VIOLATION’. See full details here
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump cuts funding for South Africa, says ‘massive human rights VIOLATION’. See full details here

Live Mint  

United States President Donald Trump on February 2 announced that he is cutting funding for South Africa for “massive human rights violations”. Posting on his social media platform Truth Social, Donald Trump accused South Africa of “confiscating land and treating certain classes of people very badly”. Also, I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a …

Donald Trump to cut off all future U.S. funding to South Africa
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump to cut off all future U.S. funding to South Africa

The Hindu  

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would cut off all future funding to South Africa because he claimed that "certain classes of people" were being treated "very badly." "South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY," Mr. Trump said in a Truth Social post. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said last month …

How African countries reacted to Trump's win
4 months, 3 weeks ago

How African countries reacted to Trump's win

NPR  

How African countries reacted to Trump's win toggle caption Maxim Shemetov/Pool Reuters via AP Africans woke up to the news that former President Donald Trump was on course to win the U.S. election, with newspaper headlines raising questions over what it could mean for the continent. “America elects Donald Trump president, spelling change for and the world,” one headline on …

South Africa hits back at ‘unfortunate’ Trump tweet on land reform
6 years, 7 months ago

South Africa hits back at ‘unfortunate’ Trump tweet on land reform

CNN  

Johannesburg CNN — South Africa hit back at Donald Trump on Thursday after the US President criticized the country’s land reform policies in an overnight tweet. “South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers.” @TuckerCarlson @FoxNews — Donald J. Trump August 23, 2018 Trump’s tweet appeared to be in response to a report on Fox News which alleged …

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