" This is a slap in the face for the real refugees who have been await in line for year . "
You’ve probably heard by now thatDonald Trumpiswelcoming white South Africansinto the US and offering them fast-tracked citizenship.
On Monday, the president said, “It’s a genocide that’s taking place… Farmers are being killed. They happen to be white. But whether they are white or Black makes no difference to me. But white farmers are being brutally killed, and their land is being confiscated in South Africa.”
newsperson : Why are you make an expedited route into the rural area for Afrikaners but not others?TRUMP : Because they ’re being kill . And we do n’t want to see people be killed … it ’s a genocide that ’s postulate place . Farmers are being killed . They happen to be white.pic.twitter.com/8LV3VmZ296
Obviously, this move is completely at odds with Trump’s usual immigration stance. His administration hasrejectedrefugees from a number of countries, including Haiti and Afghanistan, whileincreasing deportation effortsand sendingpeople to a prison in El Salvador.
And in case you were curious, the South African government hasdeniedall of Trump’s accusations. Additionally, CNN’s Anderson Cooperreportedthat Black South Africans make up 80% of the population but only own about 4% of private land. The South African government confirmedno land has been seizedfrom white South Africans — despite frustrations over land ownership since apartheid ended in 1994.
Here’s what the internet is saying:
Responses are fromthis TikTok TV , this TikTok video , and X ( formerly Twitter ) .
1.“Just a coincidence that Elon is from South Africa.”
2.“This is a slap in the face for the real refugees who have been waiting in line for years.”
3.“Calling White immigrants refugees and Black and Brown immigrants ‘illegal aliens’ is a textbook case of propaganda.”
4.“He’s decolonising South Africa.”
5.“I hate to break it to you guys, but there is no genocide of white people in South Africa.”
6.“Ahhhh….so as long as they’re white it’s right in trumps mind.”
7.“As an afrikaner south african, i feel confused that people believe this.”
8.“Why don’t the south africans go back to where they came from and fix their own country? Am I doing this right, MAGA?”
9.“The blatant racism is astounding.”
10."‘white’ and ‘racial discrimination’ in the same sentence."
11.“This is such an embarrassment to white South Africans. I’m sincerely sorry to all black South Africans. As a white South African I will easily confirm that I am in no way targeted or disadvantaged. In fact I am advantaged at the expense of black South Africans.”
12.“This is just a big middle finger to the Left and to the rest of the world. It’s blatant racial preference and he knows it and so does everyone else.”
13.And finally:
