Posted on Aug 24, 2018
Here's The Story Behind That Trump Tweet On South Africa — And Why It Sparked Outrage
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For much of Wednesday, the topics the president mentioned on Twitter were familiar ones. There were the tweets about former associates Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty to eight counts in federal court, and Paul Manafort, who was convicted of eight. There were the harsh words for Democrats and the claim he is the subject of a "witch hunt." But then President Trump commented on something unexpected. He tweeted that he had asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo "to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers. 'South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers.'
Here's The Story Behind That Trump Tweet On South Africa — And Why It Sparked Outrage
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Republic of South Africa
World History
Diplomacy
Racism
Farming
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Apparently we're just openly spreading white nationalist propaganda in the White House now...
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Susan Foster
He's never mentioned Africa at all in any forum except "shithole" and all of a sudden he's worried? White farmers, you know. I think it was just deflection from what was going on in the news (Manafort and Cohen).
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SSG Jessica Bautista
SSG (Join to see) Uh, yeah. First, how South Africa decides to right the wrongs of apartheid is on them. They have obvious social issues stemming from a clearly unjust history. The current ruling party is focused on uninhabited land. There are no mass land seizures. Secondly, the idea that white farmers are being murdered on a large scale is an objectively false statement that is being pushed by white nationalist groups in both South Africa and the United States.
So yeah, it's legit. Facts don't care about feelings.
So yeah, it's legit. Facts don't care about feelings.
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SGT Cort Landry
Man set to be first to have farm seized in South Africa calls it theft
Johan Steenkamp, 67, who co-owns a 10million hunting farm in Limpopo, has been ordered to hand over his land, following a ten-year battle to stop the government buying it for a tenth of its value.
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That Trump is ready to make a foreign policy move, based on a tweet by some whacko, is scary stuff.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Trump’s South Africa Tweet Seems to Embrace Racist Narrative on Land Dispute
The post appeared to be the culmination of a lobbying effort by a right-wing South African group that falsely claims that white farmers are being systematically forced off their land and killed in large numbers.
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SGT Cort Landry
Foreign policy move based on a tweet? Come on man, you can do better than that? You don't think he is not getting intel from South Africa?
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SSgt Gary Andrews
If he had good Intel, and understood it......he wouldn't have retweeted that nonsense, now would he?
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Susan Foster
And that so many people will defend it and agree just because he said it is even scarier.
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