The media is working overtime to cover for the South African government.
The media is working overtime to cover for the South African government after President Donald Trump forced President Cyril Ramaphosa to watch videos of the country’s leaders calling for the genocide of white farmers.
Ramaphosa visited Trump at the White House on Wednesday. During their conversation in the Oval Office, Trump asked his staff to dim the lights and play a compilation video of South African government officials calling for land confiscation and the murder of white farmers.
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 21, 2025
It seems the hill the media want to die on is that “the calls and actions to murder and confiscate land from white farmers in South Africa aren’t actually genocide.” Apparently, it’s inhumane to deport illegal immigrant gang members, but calling out the systematic hunting of white farmers is considered “baseless,” “false,” and an “ambush.”
Some will argue that the level of killings in South Africa hasn’t met the technical definition of genocide, and that is why the media is hitting back at Trump’s claims. But I would ask them how many white farmers need to be raped, tortured, and had their land stolen before we call a spade a spade?
President Trump and South African President Ramaphosa engaged in a back-and-forth at the White House over Trump’s unfounded claims of “genocide” against white South African farmers.https://t.co/O0FMcNBDAG
— ABC News (@ABC) May 21, 2025
To be clear, calls for genocide are not genocides in themselves and do not always lead to genocide.
