Trump confronts South African leader
President Trump is not your average politician. One of the things that sets him apart from almost all of his predecessors is that he's not a politician, and he doesn't tap-dance around sensitive issues, like the treatment of Boers (white farmers) in South Africa. In fact, during Wednesday's Oval Office visit with the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African leader faced more than a few uncomfortable moments - and that's not a bad thing.
The American government has accepted a small group of Boer farmers as refugees into the United States; these are people who, in South Africa, were facing the prospect of having their lands stolen. They were facing murder. These families, we should note, have in many cases been in South Africa for hundreds of years, and they grow many of the crops that feed South Africans of all races.
During that visit, President Trump gobsmacked President Ramaphosa with a video of political rallies in South Africa, including chants of "Kill the Boer." Townhall has the shocking video on their X account:
President Trump laid out the ground for this video:
We have thousands of stories, talking about it, we have documentaries, we have news stories, and that... Is Natalie here? Is somebody here to turn that? I could show you a couple of things, and I would just... It has to be responded to. Let me see the articles please, if you would, and... excuse me, turn the lights down, turn the lights down and just put this on. It's right behind you.
What followed, by all means, watch the entire thing, was several minutes of shouters calling for confiscation of the land of white farmers, shouts of "Kill the Boer," and one agitator bellowing, "In revolution, at some point there must be killing."
These were followed by a long line of graves, the graves of Boer farmers who had been murdered. Powerful stuff.
President Ramaphosa watched, his expression stunned, like a high schooler in detention; he was clearly uncomfortable. Later, he objected, claiming that this wasn't the policy of his government
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The long line of graves put the lie to the claim that it was not the policy of the country to kill the white farmers. There is also the fact that no one was held accountable for the killings. The white people who have been in South Africa for hundreds of years may soon be extinct if they do not leave. Some have already left for the US.
See also:
South African president denies white genocide — then Trump shoves proof in his face
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