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US President Donald Trump once again amplified his false claim of a “white genocide” against Afrikaners in South Africa after addressing the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Wednesday.
“What's happening in South Africa is terrible. It's a terrible situation. What they're doing to people, a certain group of people, is unbelievable. You wouldn't think it could happen today,” Trump told reporters.
“Well, we have seen the numbers, we've seen the records, and it is taking place and it's gotta be stopped.”
The US and South Africa’s diplomatic relations have hit rock bottom of late over Washington's false claims that Pretoria was implementing race-based laws and grabbing land that belongs to white Afrikaners.
Trump has on many occasions claimed that "bad things were happening in South Africa" over the government's land reform policies.
The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs late last year passed a bill which seeks to re-evaluate the bilateral relationship between the United States and South Africa, and identify government leaders who should be subject to sanctions.
The latest stroke in this diplomatic spat was Trump refusing to attend the G20 Summit hosted by South Africa in Johannesburg in November, and his subsequent decision to not invite South Africa to the next summit in Miami, Florida, this year.
The Department of International Relations and the South African Presidency were not immediately available to comment on Trump’s latest remarks...
Image: MANDEL NGAN / AFP US President Donald Trump once again amplified his false claim of a “white genocide” against Afrikaners in South Africa after addressing the World Economic Forum (WEF) in ...