Investigating Trump's claims that White South African farmers are victims of genocide
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In November, President Trump announced he would permanently pause migration from all third world countries to the US after a National Guard member was killed and another wounded in Washington by an Afghan refugee. The Trump administration is expediting resettlement of white South Africans, mostly Afrikaners, descendants of Dutch settlers. President Trump claims white farmers are victims of genocide; South African government disputes this.
In rolling hills of KwaZulu-Natal Province, southeast South Africa, met Daryl Brown, 7th generation rancher and farmer.
Did you grow up knowing you would be a farmer? >> It was always in my blood. It's a calling. 10 years ago, his 82-year-old father brutally attacked on farm by robbers seeking guns and money. In 2020, Brown's friends Glenn and Vita Rafferty murdered in robbery on nearby farm. Your father was attacked. You've had friends murdered. Do you live in fear? >> I certainly live carefully. We are aware of what's happening around us. We don't take silly chances.
President Trump in May:
It's a genocide that's taking place that you people don't want to write about, but it's a terrible thing that's taking place. And uh farmers are being killed. They happen to be white. Nine days later, South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa visited White House; Elon Musk, born in South Africa and claiming genocide, present. Trump showed videos as proof of violence targeting white farmers.
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