World May 21 Trump confronts South African president in tense Oval Office meeting By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi
Politics May 21 WATCH: Trump asked about white Afrikaner persecution, plays video for South African president in Oval Office Ramaphosa responded that the clips were of small minority parties, not official government policy, and said South Africa is a "multi-party democracy... that allows people to express themselves."… By Hannah Grabenstein
Politics May 21 WATCH: Trump says U.S. takes refugees of ‘persecution or genocide,’ including Afrikaners He also repeated false claims that millions of refugees are entering the U.S. from other countries "totally unvetted."… By Hannah Grabenstein
World May 21 Trump says there’s a ‘genocide’ in South Africa, but white Afrikaner farmers reject that claim Both white and Black farmers and even conservative white Afrikaner groups denied the Trump administration’s “genocide” and land seizure claims that led the U.S. to cut all financial aid to South Africa. By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press
Politics May 21 Fact-checking Trump’s claims of white farmer ‘genocide’ in South Africa White farmers have been murdered in South Africa, but those murders account for such a small percentage of the country's total and do not amount to genocide, experts say. By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact
May 15 South Africa’s Ramaphosa and Trump will meet next week after white South Africans as arrived in U.S. for resettlement By Gerald Imray, Darlene Superville, Associated Press The U.S. welcomed 59 white South Africans as refugees this Monday, the start of what the Trump administration said is a larger relocation plan for minority Afrikaner farmers who Trump has claimed are being persecuted in their homeland because of… Continue reading
May 12 Watch 5:57 White South Africans arrive in U.S. after receiving refugee status from Trump By Amna Nawaz, Sonia Kopelev Nearly 60 white South Africans were admitted into the U.S. as part of President Trump’s resettlement program. Afrikaners, largely descendants of Dutch and French colonial settlers, led the apartheid government until it ended. The White House claims a new South… Continue watching
May 12 WATCH: White Afrikaners from South Africa arrive at Dulles airport to seek U.S. resettlement By Gerald Imray, Associated Press Many in South Africa are puzzled by claims that Afrikaners are persecuted and meet the requirements to be relocated as refugees. Continue reading
May 12 WATCH: Trump claims white farmers are target of genocide in South Africa By Associated Press The administration has sought to halt refugee admissions from many other countries undergoing political upheaval. Continue reading
Apr 22 Trump suspended the refugee program. Why is he inviting white South Africans to find a new home in the U.S.? By Kenichi Serino Trump signed an executive order in February encouraging their resettlement in the United States. As justification, he cited a South African law on land expropriation and affirmative action that he claimed discriminated against Afrikaners, as well as that country bringing… Continue reading