Implausible Deniability on Nostr: 🇺🇸🇿🇦 Crisis in South Africa-US relations: Latest updates ...
🇺🇸🇿🇦 Crisis in South Africa-US relations: Latest updates
🟠On Saturday, the South African government said that US President Donald Trump's actions were based on a misunderstanding of its land reform plans;
🟠South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola stated that the foundation for the US' actions ignored the African country's history of colonialism and apartheid; furthermore, the expropriation would only affect infertile and unused land, not productive farmland;
🟠According to the press secretary of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, the president was disappointed that Trump didn't use diplomatic channels to make his announcement; he said that the escalation of tensions was unprecedented and that official notification should have come before the announcement;
🟠Despite Trump's claims of discrimination of white South Africans and the US government's offer of resettlement, the Afrikaans-identity-based Solidarity Movement rejected the idea, reaffirming their commitment to South Africa and refusing to request sanctions or funding cuts.
🟠On Saturday, the South African government said that US President Donald Trump's actions were based on a misunderstanding of its land reform plans;
🟠South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola stated that the foundation for the US' actions ignored the African country's history of colonialism and apartheid; furthermore, the expropriation would only affect infertile and unused land, not productive farmland;
🟠According to the press secretary of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, the president was disappointed that Trump didn't use diplomatic channels to make his announcement; he said that the escalation of tensions was unprecedented and that official notification should have come before the announcement;
🟠Despite Trump's claims of discrimination of white South Africans and the US government's offer of resettlement, the Afrikaans-identity-based Solidarity Movement rejected the idea, reaffirming their commitment to South Africa and refusing to request sanctions or funding cuts.