President Donald J. Trump has invited white farmers and their families to leave South Africa for the United States, accusing the country’s far-left government of mistreating them terribly. “South Africa is being terrible, plus, to long time Farmers in the country. They are confiscating their LAND and FARMS, and MUCH WORSE THAN THAT,” he wrote.
The America First leader described South Africa as a “bad place to be right now,” noting that the U.S. is “stopping all Federal Funding.”
“To go a step further, any Farmer (with family!) from South Africa, seeking to flee that country for reasons of safety, will be invited into the United States of America with a rapid pathway to Citizenship,” he pledged, adding: “This process will begin immediately!”
The South African government recently passed so-called expropriation without compensation laws, allowing the state to seize land from white farmers to “promote inclusivity” in the agricultural sector, giving the former owners nothing in return. President Trump previously signed an executive order condemning the expropriation law and promising a robust response.
White-owned farmland was expropriated in neighboring Zimbabwe in the 2000s, with a number of white farmers and their families being injured or even killed during the seizures. This was soon followed by a collapse in food production and an economic depression.
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