During a White House press briefing on Friday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about President Trump’s plan to admit white Afrikaner South Africans as refugees.
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Soon people will be Proud to be called Racist- no more euphemisms or double speak. 😢
I can't even, what a mess!
What about the homeless vets the magas claimed 😂😂😂
"White House" is taking on a whole new meaning.
You see not even South Africa Wants them, like we need any more Of Musks
Do you have Jobs for these South African Racists? You don't have jobs for Americans, now you just adopted 48 "victims of racial what what" how are they gonna sustain themselves there? And why is the number so low? 48? I though this was a crisis. This administration is delusional, it's a damn shame. We will not let Trump destabilize South Africa with this false narrative. This act proves how racist America is
God bless America 😂😂😂
MORE CORRUPTION FROM TRUMP
If the Afrikaners are of French and Dutch decent, shouldn't they be going to Holland or France? This is b.s. all the way around.
IF YOU ARE THE CORRECT COLOR I GUESS THEY LET YOU IN WITH FREE LAND. NEVER SAW ANY BROWN REFUGEES GET ANYTHING FROM OUR GOVERNMENT OR ANY BLACK FARMER RECEIVING LAND!!!
I guess race does matter.
40 acres and a mule? Is this a surrender?
White refugees….accept ed.
"The mass media is the enemy of the People" –President Donald Trump
Well you can tell them they're not welcomed in St Louis and that better be ready to work hard for less because they're going into the fields picking produce
as a white south african i have been persecuted many times, attacked several times, our car was shot at, we have the right to LIVE!
I am proud of my race and will fight for my rights!✊🏻💪🏻✌🏻
Tuck Frump
Yo DODGE I see more waste incoming …
I thought America was closed
So technically ……on their applications they have to say that their race is african american 🤣😂
Helping refugees is great and all but if our government is so concerned then help our nation first. We have bigger issues at hand.
They will teach us how to run the Aparthe1d Program. 😃
The farm land was NEVER theirs. They literally stole it.
If you’re a refugee, make sure to label your race as “white” because that is the true meaning of refugee under Trumpanzee administration.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 they ars white ofcz
Why do they have to mention skin color?
When is this colorism going to stop?
Great more people on walfare to take care of…🎉
What about "Colour" "Color" South Africans?
What ? So it's ok to have refugees in the US as long as they are not from south and central America 🤔 , mm I think MAGA supporters will complain about their tax dollars being use for those refugees .. 🤷🏻
Science defines only one human race while pseudo-science eugenics based on the Nuremberg principles of racial hygiene fostered through people like Artur de Gobineau and Francis Galton who believed in the superiority of the whites of European breeds. The US kept racial segregation until the late 1970s even though the UN charter of human rights came into effect in 1945
This is ridiculous. Those Afrikaners aren't experiencing racial persecution. There are people around the world who are dealing with REAL racial/ethnic persecution and the Afrikaners are NOT included!
Lies , lies , lies
Why just white tho??
Also, why bring in refugees who wouldn't wanna work for less?
I'm not worried about home invasions from these 49 South African refugees (which the mainstream media is having a hypcritical meltdown over), which is NOT what I can confidently say about millions of illegal migrants from south of the border that the mainstream media wanted to welcome with open arms. The pure hypocrisy.
ice agents are deporting genocide victims to the USA 😅😅😅
WHY
Ok I voted Trump and I would have to disagree with this decision. Cause we are American first and this is not our problem. They need to go to Europe or something. We don’t need to be paying for all their expenses etc.
The U.S. should go to the ICJ and file a case for genocide. But he want because it's not happening.
Would she and trump do the same for Palestinians.
What about america first?
🔴Ramaphosa’s Meeting with Trump: A Last-Ditch Attempt to Conceal a National Crisis
13 May 2025
President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed he will meet again with U.S. President Donald Trump following the United States’ decision to grant refugee status to a group of 49 Afrikaners who fled South Africa. According to Ramaphosa, these individuals are not being persecuted — they are merely resistant to “transformation.”
But this meeting is not about dialogue. It’s a damage-control operation. Ramaphosa is not travelling to Washington to present facts. He is going there to manipulate the narrative. To save face. To convince the world’s most powerful leader that South Africa is still “the Rainbow Nation,” even while that rainbow has long since burned into ash.
The fundamental question is: Does Ramaphosa truly believe President Trump — or anyone with access to unfiltered facts — is naïve enough to believe this fiction?
What Did Ramaphosa Tell Trump — and What Didn’t He?
Ramaphosa claims he spoke with President Trump to explain that “Afrikaners are not being persecuted,” and that those leaving are “opposed to transformation.” This sanitized version of the truth may play well in international media headlines, but it collapses under the weight of reality.
Let’s ask what Ramaphosa didn’t tell Trump.
Did he tell him that South Africa is one of the most racially regulated countries in the world?
Government employment, university admission, business tenders, sports teams — all regulated by rigid racial quotas. White candidates are routinely excluded regardless of qualification, and black South Africans are often reduced to tokens in a failing bureaucracy.
Did he mention that during the COVID-19 crisis, his government attempted to distribute aid on the basis of race — and was blocked by the courts?
In 2020, the ANC implemented COVID relief measures that prioritized black-owned businesses over others. This unconstitutional plan was challenged and struck down, exposing the state’s embedded racial bias even in times of national disaster.
Did he tell Trump that since race-based laws were institutionalized, inequality and unemployment have only worsened — for all races?
The economy has deteriorated across the board. South Africa’s unemployment rate now exceeds 40% by expanded definition, and youth unemployment surpasses 60% in some provinces. Despite three decades of affirmative action, the wealth gap has widened and basic services have collapsed.
Did he admit that the Zondo Commission — a state-initiated anti-corruption probe — concluded that Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) has become a vehicle for elite looting and state capture?
Testimony revealed that politically connected individuals manipulated BEE policies to enrich themselves while public services crumbled. Billions were lost. No meaningful restitution has occurred.
Did he acknowledge that South African sports teams are selected under quota systems and monitored by so-called 'transformation targets'?
Merit is no longer the highest value in South African sport. Selection is politically controlled. Government intervention has poisoned sporting integrity — with race-based scoring systems determining national representation.
Did he speak about how radical racial transformation policies gutted Eskom, the national power utility?
Under Ramaphosa’s ANC, Eskom became a breeding ground for corruption, cadre deployment, and mismanagement. Skilled engineers were pushed out. Contracts were handed to politically connected fronts. The result: years of rolling blackouts, economic paralysis, and a failed energy transition.
Did he mention that young white South Africans are now deliberately excluded from state-sponsored youth employment programmes — not because of privilege, but purely because of skin colour?
Under the NYDA and Presidential Youth Employment Initiative, white applicants are often told directly: “You don’t qualify. You're not black.” These are not fringe anecdotes — they are the official, implemented norms.
Did he tell Trump that in modern South Africa, a calculator — not merit — decides who gets promoted?
In state departments, “equity calculators” are used to determine the racial composition of job appointments. In many cases, even if a black candidate is the best applicant, they may be rejected if their subgroup has already met the quota. This is not transformation. It is social engineering.
What Ramaphosa Calls ‘Transformation’ — The World Calls Systemic Discrimination
What Ramaphosa sells as progress is, in reality, a deliberate erosion of constitutional equality. The so-called transformation agenda has metastasized into a system of reverse exclusion — not to uplift the disadvantaged, but to protect political power. The ANC has weaponized race not to unite the nation, but to divide, isolate, and control.
The fact that these 49 Afrikaners fled the country is not an act of rebellion. It is an act of survival.
The Real Reason for the Panic: Global Exposure
The real crisis for Ramaphosa is not that Afrikaners left — it is that the international community took notice. When President Trump granted them refugee status, it became a diplomatic embarrassment for the ANC. Their carefully curated global image — one of reconciliation and democracy — was punctured by hard evidence.
Trump’s administration, known for prioritizing law, order and national interest, would not have made this decision lightly. Intelligence reports, human rights assessments, and on-the-ground investigations support the refugee claims. These are not “fringe elements.” These are families fleeing real threats.
The ANC fears one thing: precedent. If one group is acknowledged, others may follow — Coloured communities, Indian minorities, rural farmworkers, even poor black communities crushed by the same corrupt elite.
That’s why Ramaphosa is rushing to meet Trump. Not to tell the truth, but to bury it.
Final Thought: You Can’t Lie to a Man Who Has the Files
President Trump has faced down media empires, intelligence fabrications, and globalist agendas. Does Ramaphosa truly think he can feed him a sanitized script and expect belief?
If Ramaphosa arrives in Washington hoping to convince Trump that South Africa is still safe, fair, and free — he underestimates not only Trump’s insight, but the intelligence infrastructure behind him. Trump knows. The files are there. The testimonies are real. The flight manifest is not propaganda.
The only question now is whether Ramaphosa will continue to insult the world’s intelligence — or admit what South Africans have known for years: that so-called “transformation” has become a state-sanctioned cover for exclusion, decay, and repression.
And history will judge him by the choice he makes next.🔴
Love the USA i am a white south african…..
The government of South Africa is trying to cover up the genocide of Afrikaans farmers. They are like those who said the Jewish Holocaust wasn't real.
Yes, Moshweshwe I is often seen in Afrikaner historical accounts as having betrayed the Afrikaners—though the story is more nuanced when viewed from both sides.
The Event:
After the Voortrekkers (Afrikaners) under Andries Potgieter and Gerrit Maritz helped Moshweshwe recover cattle from Chief Sekonyela around the late 1830s, tensions grew between the Basotho and the Voortrekkers.
Moshweshwe invited the Afrikaners to settle in the area around what is now the Free State, but as more Voortrekkers arrived and began claiming land, Moshweshwe became wary.
He feared the Afrikaners would dominate and displace the Basotho.
Eventually, Moshweshwe orchestrated attacks on Voortrekker settlements and cattle posts.
This included covertly supporting cattle raids and even forming alliances with groups hostile to the Afrikaners.
From the Afrikaner perspective:
Many Afrikaners felt betrayed, especially after initially helping Moshweshwe against his enemies. They saw his later attacks and strategic moves as treacherous.
From Moshweshwe’s perspective:
He likely saw the Voortrekkers’ growing presence as a threat to Basotho sovereignty, and he acted to preserve his people’s land and independence.
Conclusion:
Yes, this is the same king. While Moshweshwe I is revered in Southern African history as a wise and diplomatic leader, Afrikaner histories of the time often paint his actions as betrayal, especially following their early alliance.
zulus migrated into South Africa too!!!!!