Trump confronts South Africa's president with baseless claims about the killing of white farmers

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South Africa’s agriculture minister, John Steenhuisen, was also called on by Ramaphosa to set the US president straight about local politicians who refuse to stop singing a rally cry called Kill the Boer.
Irish Times
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The Trump administration has already welcomed the first group of Afrikaner asylum applicants, who were given expedited refugee status after claiming they were the victims of violence and discrimination in South Africa.
CBS News
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During their meeting in the Oval Office, Trump accused South Africa of "white genocide" and unfair land seizures, and then unexpectedly presented a video and a stack of printed news articles which he said proved his allegations.
XinhuaNet
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Trump had already cut all U.S. assistance to South Africa and welcomed several dozen white South African farmers to the U.S. as refugees as he pressed the case that a "genocide" is underway in the country.
The Manila Times

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