{"id":2411097,"date":"2025-03-07T15:07:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T20:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-offers-citizenship-to-south-african-farmers-seeking-to-flee-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T15:08:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T20:08:30","slug":"trump-offers-citizenship-to-south-african-farmers-seeking-to-flee-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-offers-citizenship-to-south-african-farmers-seeking-to-flee-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump offers citizenship to South African farmers &#8216;seeking to flee&#8217;- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-offers-citizenship-to-south-african-farmers-seeking-to-flee-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2411097&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent announcement, President Donald \u2063Trump expressed \u2062his intention to offer U.S. citizenship to South African farmers who are looking to escape their home country due to safety concerns.This statement was made via a post on Truth Social, where Trump also \u200dmentioned the cessation of all federal funding to South Africa.\u200d He criticized\u200c the South African government\u200c for \u2063confiscating land from farmers, \u200cwhich\u200d he deemed a dreadful \u2062situation, particularly for white farmers who have \u2062historically owned the majority\u200b of farmland in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s remarks come in light of \u200bthe new Expropriation Act in South Africa,which permits the government to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eu-drafting-law-allowing-seizure-of-private-property-during-pandemic-emergencies-report\/\" title=\"EU Drafting Law Allowing Seizure of ... During Pandemic Emergencies: Report\">seize private property<\/a> without compensation,a move perceived as targeting \u2062white landowners.The U.S. government&#8217;s decision to withdraw aid was \u200boutlined in a directive from the\u2064 Secretary of state, resulting in concerns\u2062 about the impact on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">critical health programs facing \u2063challenges<\/a> like HIV in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Responses from South African officials have varied,with President Cyril Ramaphosa denouncing what he described as bullying by the U.S.and calling for\u2064 dialog to resolve the issues. Additionally, prominent figures\u200c like Gayton McKenzie have emphasized the necessity for cooperation between the\u2063 U.S. and\u2062 South Africa, arguing against listening to divisive narratives. \u200cMeanwhile, \u2063figures such as MP Julius Malema have expressed vehement\u200d criticism of the U.S.&#8217;s approach,labeling\u200b it as a form of imperialism.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump offers citizenship to South African farmers &lsquo;seeking to flee&rsquo; as USAID is pulled<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1973107\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Donald Trump<\/a> is extending the offer of U.S. citizenship to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">South African<\/a> farmers who feel compelled to leave their country amid concerns for their safety.<\/p>\n<p>The president announced the position via a Friday morning post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/truth-social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Truth Social<\/a>, a message that also reiterated his intention to cut all federal funding to the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3340700\/eurostar-train-service-resumes-unexploded-wwii-bomb-discovery\/\">Eurostar train service resumes after discovery of unexploded WWII bomb<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3339617\/pope-francis-health-release-audio-message\/\">Pope Francis releases first audio message since hospitalization: &#8216;I accompany you from here&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3339627\/south-korea-bombs-civilians-abnormal-military-drill\/\">South Korea bombs own civilians in &#8216;abnormal&#8217; military drill accident<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;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.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">White South Africans demonstrate in support of U.S. President Donald Trump in front of the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jerome Delay, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump continued: &ldquo;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!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The president began feuding with the South African government early in his second term when he expressed anger about their new Expropriation Act, which allows the confiscation of private property without reimbursement.<\/p>\n<p>The new law is widely seen as targeting white South African farmers, who still own the vast majority of farmland in the country three decades after the end of apartheid. Previous laws forced the government to pay landholders for expropriated property in a &ldquo;willing buyer, willing seller&rdquo; arrangement.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>This end to federal funding was pushed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of State<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To effectively implement [Executive Order 14204&mdash;Addressing Egregious Actions of The Republic of South Africa], all bureaus, offices and missions shall pause all obligations and\/or dispersion of aid or assistance to South Africa,&rdquo; read a Thursday directive signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa has characterized the situation as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3312961\/south-africa-not-bullied-ramaphosa-warns-trump-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">South Africa being &ldquo;bullied&rdquo;<\/a> by a larger nation seeking to undermine global cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are witnessing the rise of nationalism, protectionism, the pursuit of narrow interests, and the decline of common cause,&rdquo; Ramaphosa said during an address to his nation in early February. &ldquo;This is the world that we, as South Africa, a developing economy, must now navigate, but we are not daunted. We are, as South Africans, a resilient people, and we will not be bullied.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The end of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/usaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">USAID disbursements<\/a> to the country, which threatens to set back efforts against the spread of HIV and other lethal illnesses rampant on the continent, was debated in parliament on Thursday, during which members butted heads on how to properly negotiate with the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not everyone hates Americans and not everyone here is saying the U.S. should go to hell. Some of us are saying stop listening to racists giving you wrong information but let&rsquo;s get together and talk. Let Ramaphosa sit down with Trump and work out a deal,&rdquo; said Gayton McKenzie, the country&rsquo;s sport, arts and culture minister, according to South African outlet <em>The Sunday Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, &ldquo;America needs South Africa, South Africa needs America. If we don&rsquo;t work together, both will lose, but South Africa will lose more. America does not have doctors who are out of a job. We have medical students that are out of a job. Without Pepfar, it will be worse. People are going to die. HIV\/Aids is going to kill our people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>MP Julius Malema, leader of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/communism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marxist-Leninist political party<\/a> Economic Freedom Fighters, is among the most prominent voices of outrage, accusing the United States of harboring imperialist machinations about the future of South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Before invading nations, the U.S. always fabricates human rights violations to justify interventions. Today, the same tactics are being used against South Africa,&rdquo; Malema said during the debate, according to South African news outlet Independent Online.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump engages in transactional and manipulative relations with the world as if it is his backyard,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;The USA has openly embraced the golden age of imperialism, extending its power through threats and termination of foreign aid.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tech billionaire and Trump adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3313106\/voters-dislike-elon-musk-like-doge-goal-slash-government-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> is a South African immigrant who is a vocal critic of his former nation&rsquo;s government, specifically its treatment of wealthy white minority communities.<\/p>\n<p>Musk previously scorned the Land Expropriation Act as part of a larger agenda of &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-african-president-warns-we-will-not-be-bullied-amid-feud-with-trump-musk-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"...n president warns \u2018we will not be bullied\u2019 amid feud with ..., Musk - Washington Examiner\">openly racist ownership laws&#038;rdquo<\/a>; pushed by South African officials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1973107\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1973107\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump offers U.S. citizenship to South African farmers fleeing danger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2411098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AP25058696294909.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7161,3813,51748,3634],"class_list":["post-2411097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-citizenship","tag-immigration","tag-south-african-farmers","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AP25058696294909.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411097"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411101,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411097\/revisions\/2411101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}