Donald Trump goes to the offensive against South Africa. In fact, the president of the United States said on Wednesday, May 21, that he wanted “explanations” of President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday, May 21 about “White farmers fleeing South Africa,” evoking a “genocide.”
But what exactly is Donald Trump talking about? In February, the US president launched a decree to reinstall “Afrikaners refugees.” Since then, almost 60 of them have arrived in the United States after obtaining asylum, according to BBC information. The US president already described the situation in South Africa as “genocide”, in a message in his social network of truth
Expropriations of white farmers in their country
South Africa had also “expressed concern” in the United States for the reception of Afrikaners, descendants of the first European settlers.
This Wednesday, Donald Trump once again reiterated his accusations towards his South African counterpart in the Oval office.
“In general, these are white farmers fleeing from South Africa, and it is very sad to see. I hope we can have an explanation on this issue, because I know you do not want it,” said the US president, sitting next to his South African counterpart in the oval office.
During the interview between the two leaders, Donald Trump also accused South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, of “authorizing” the expropriations of white farmers in his country. “No, no, no, no, no one can take land,” said South African President. His country strongly challenges these accusations of genocide for many years.
Before the meeting with Donald Trump, the spokesman for the Presidency of South Africa called Washington to stop this “misinformation.”
Donald Trump, despite the president of South Africa, in the Oval office, despite the videos that are supposed to support US accusations.
In one of them, Julius Malema, the leader of a radical opposition party on the left in South Africa, which achieved 9.5% of the votes in the elections last year, Enans, Enuns Kill the BoerA song inherited from the fight against apartheid, the former white minority regime.
Boers are farmers descendants of the first European settlers. The song is denounced in South Africa, particularly by the center of Centro Law Democratic Alliance, a member of the ruling coalition, which requires its prohibition.
Several attacks on South Africa
A little earlier, Donald Trump had decided that the United States would encourage the “resettlement” of it “, fleeing racial discrimination encouraged by the government,” he said.
Donald Trump, who has reduced all aid to South Africa in parallel, is far from being the only one to attack the country. Already in March, the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, described the South African ambassador to the United States “Non Grata”, saying that “racial tensions fed.”
The same bell for Elon Musk, former government member and Native of South Africa who also accused the South African government for discrimination against white populations.
“The relations between South Africa and the United States have always been dynamic and scalable, obviously many more challenges since the election of President Trump … and especially in view of the number of executive decrees, according to any fact or truth, said RTL Ronald Lamola, Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Africa.
From his return to the White House in January, Donald Trump has not stopped launching several offensives to South Africa. In February, the United States government had rejected the first G20 summit in the African continent.
Source: BFM TV
