For Donald Trump, South Africa is DEI in the form of a country
His enmity will hurt the rainbow nation
One of the first things Donald Trump did on retaking office was to halt America’s programme to settle refugees. That is bad news for Africans who might want to flee war or oppression. But the White House is making an exception for a group of white Africans: the roughly 2.5m South Africans of mostly Dutch, French and German descent known as Afrikaners. On February 7th Mr Trump issued an executive order that stopped aid to South Africa, citing the country’s “aggressive” posture towards America, and pledged to admit “Afrikaner refugees” fleeing ostensible persecution by their government.
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This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “DEI in the form of a country”
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February 15th 2025- For Donald Trump, South Africa is DEI in the form of a country
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