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But for #white farmers who remain in #SouthAfrica & aspire to keep making a living from the land, the #tariffs due to come into effect on Aug 1 are an assault on those ambitions.
"It doesn't make sense to us to welcome South African farmers in America & then the rest that stays behind...to punish them," said Krisjan Mouton, a 6th-generation farmer in Western Cape province's citrus heartland.
#Trump #Afrikaners #PerfomativePolitics #stunt #racism #WhiteSupremacy #RevengePolitics #idiocracy
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Trump's threatened 30% #tariff on #SouthAfrica exports is set to deal an economic blow to a community he has vocally & controversially championed: white farmers.
Citing false claims that #white South Africans are being persecuted, #Trump has cut aid to the country, publicly berated its president in the Oval Office & invited #Afrikaners - descendants of early European settlers - to come to the #US as *#refugees*.#PerfomativePolitics #stunt #racism #idiocracy #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-tariffs-south-africa-set-hit-white-farmers-trump-has-embraced-2025-07-09/