Trump offers 'rapid pathway to Citizenship' for certain White South Africans
President Donald Trump is reaching out to South African farmers looking to leave the country due to "terrible" treatment by their own government.
Trump has accused the South African government of exercising an anti-white bias against its citizens.
On Truth Social Friday, Trump posted, "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. A bad place to be right now, and we are 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. This process will begin immediately!"
Trump's right-hand man Elon Musk was born in South Africa but is no longer a citizen. His family emigrated to Canada in the 1980s, then Musk became a U.S. citizen in 2002.
Trump has been ruminating about the situation in South Africa for over a month, posting in early February, "South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY. It is a bad situation that the Radical Left Media doesn’t want to so much as mention. A massive Human Rights VIOLATION, at a minimum, is happening for all to see."
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He added, "The United States won’t stand for it, we will act. Also, I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!"
Musk posted to X on Friday, claiming he was a victim of racism that has caused his company Starlink to be banned from operating in South Africa.
"Starlink is not allowed to operate in South Africa, because I’m not black," Musk wrote.
Critics claim Musk hasn't followed licensing regulations, which is preventing Starlink from operating, not racism.
On Thursday, the state department ordered "an immediate pause on most US foreign assistance to South Africa," according to a report in The Guardian. The action is the direct result of a Trump executive order "targeting what the administration called 'egregious actions' by South Africa."
According to The Guardian, "The order specifically cites 'unjust racial discrimination' against white Afrikaners – descendants of Dutch colonizers who implemented the segregationist regime that denied basic rights to the Black majority until 1994."
