When Trump was the one who took land from the farmers

President Trump repeatedly attacked South Africa during his second term and accused his government of having confiscated the land of white farmers as part of a systemic persecution of Africans, the white ethnic minority, which was led by Apartheid regime.

It is an allegations that skipped the facts, but one that shaped the decision of its government, white Africans as refugees – and his animus towards South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, with whom Trump meets in Washington today.

It also reminds me of a story that I reported about six years ago when I was faced with a white farmer's face who prepared that the government was taking up its country.

This did not happen in South Africa. It was in South Texas and it was because of Trump.

And it is a memory of how a president who led against the power of the state to confiscate land in overseas have long since quickly accepted similar tools at home as a developer and then in the White House.

“Take the country”

At the root of Trump's claims for discrimination is a law that has signed Ramaphosa this year that enables the government to confiscate privately kept – without compensation – if it is in the public interest. The law is part of the South African government's efforts to remove racist inequalities due to decades of apartheid rule.

Right -wing experts say that the seizures will probably be rare. And the law provides for a judicial review and gives the owners the opportunity to question all efforts to take their country. Trump did not prevent this from incorrectly accusing South Africa of confiscating land “land confiscated” when he conveyed foreign help to the nation this year.