C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
‘Donald Trump’s offer of political asylum to South Africa’s white minority, just days after blocking genuine refugees from travelling to the US, followed years of campaigning by an Afrikaner group that has promoted “white genocide” conspiracy theories while also lobbying on behalf of Elon Musk’s business interests.
Last week, Trump issued an executive order that misrepresented a new South African law, the Expropriation Act, as a racist move to persecute white Afrikaners by seizing their farms without compensation.
The law is intended to address deep inequalities as the result of apartheid and colonial legislation that resulted in the white minority, who make up just 7% of South Africa’s population, still owning more than 70% of agricultural land more than three decades after the end of the apartheid system imposed by the Afrikaner-dominated government. It permits expropriation in exceptional circumstances, such as abandoned land, but generally requires “just and equitable” compensation.
That did not stop Trump from falsely claiming: “South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY”’
www.theguardian.com
Trump lying about the Expropriation Act is consistent with his dishonesty, his fascist authoritarianism, and his support of white supremacists and other racists.
Indeed, there’s nothing surprising about Trump facilitating racist white Afrikaners coming to the United States, Trump’s fellow fascists.
Last week, Trump issued an executive order that misrepresented a new South African law, the Expropriation Act, as a racist move to persecute white Afrikaners by seizing their farms without compensation.
The law is intended to address deep inequalities as the result of apartheid and colonial legislation that resulted in the white minority, who make up just 7% of South Africa’s population, still owning more than 70% of agricultural land more than three decades after the end of the apartheid system imposed by the Afrikaner-dominated government. It permits expropriation in exceptional circumstances, such as abandoned land, but generally requires “just and equitable” compensation.
That did not stop Trump from falsely claiming: “South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY”’
‘White supremacists in suits and ties’: the rightwing Afrikaner group in Trump’s ear
Trump’s asylum offer to South Africa’s white minority follows years of AfriForum lobbying on Elon Musk’s behalf
www.theguardian.com
Trump lying about the Expropriation Act is consistent with his dishonesty, his fascist authoritarianism, and his support of white supremacists and other racists.
Indeed, there’s nothing surprising about Trump facilitating racist white Afrikaners coming to the United States, Trump’s fellow fascists.
