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Bolton on Trump ‘white genocide’ claim: ‘It’s just not true’
- President Donald Trump met South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on May 21, 2025, in the White House Oval Office in Washington.
- The meeting followed Trump's false claims of a widespread campaign against white farmers in South Africa, which Ramaphosa sought to correct by rebuilding ties and addressing misconceptions.
- South Africa's Police Minister Senzo Mchunu rejected Trump's allegations, stating the video Trump played of white crosses was a temporary memorial from 2020 and did not mark graves.
- Statistics show six farm homicides in early 2025, with only one white victim, amid over 5,700 homicides nationwide, contradicting Trump's claim of 'thousands' of murdered white farmers.
- John Bolton and South African authorities agree that no evidence supports claims of a government-backed campaign targeting white farmers, highlighting South Africa's broader high crime rates across racial and geographic lines.
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South Africa police minister says Trump ‘twisted’ facts to push baseless genocide claims
South Africa’s top law enforcement official said Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump wrongly claimed that a video he showed in the Oval Office was of burial sites for more than 1,000 white farmers and he “twisted” the facts to push a false narrative about mass killings of white people in his country.
Bolton on Trump ‘white genocide’ claim: ‘It’s just not true’
Former national security adviser John Bolton said President Trump’s allegations of white genocide in South Africa were unfounded, during a Friday appearance on “CNN News Central.” Trump engaged in a heated back-and-forth Wednesday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa over the claims. “I don‘t profess to be an expert on South Africa, so I asked…
South African police minister rejects Trump's 'white genocide' claim
South Africa's police minister on Friday said that his country does not face a "white genocide" and claims that most victims of murders on farms are white are a distortion of statistics, dismissing statements by US President Donald Trump. The minister also rejected claims repeated by Trump that the government was expropriating land held by white farmers.
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu debunks Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims in quarterly crime report – The Mail & Guardian
While the police department does not categorise crimes by race, two of the farm owners who were murdered during the fourth quarter of the 2024-25 financial year were black, Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says. Presenting the latest quarterly crime statistics, covering the period from January to the end of March, on Friday, Mchunu said there have been six farm attacks this year affecting two farm owners, one farm dweller, two employees and one mana…
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