South Africa’s government on Thursday denounced a tweet by President Donald Trump in which he referred to “large scale killing of farmers” in the country, Africa’s most-developed economy.
Mr. Trump’s overnight tweet referenced a report by Fox News host Tucker Carlson attacking South African plans to redistribute more land from white to black citizens and suggesting that the U.S. government should take a more critical stance.
In the tweet, Mr. Trump asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to study the issue.
I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo 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.” @TuckerCarlson @FoxNews— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 23, 2018
The US Secretary Of State must start by informing Donald Trump that South Africa is not in "Nambia".— Hlubi Shepherd Hendricks (@HlubiHendricks) August 23, 2018
Secondly, he must tell him how we fought and overcame the racist Nationalists Government.#LandExpropriation#SABCNews #DonaldTrump@AJStream
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