Home World What Trump's fixation on 'white genocide' in South Africa tells us about...

What Trump’s fixation on ‘white genocide’ in South Africa tells us about the U.S.

Enlarge this image

South African President Ramaphosa meets President Trump amid tensions over Washington’s resettlement of white Afrikaners that the U.S. president claims are the victims of “genocide.” Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption

Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

South African President Ramaphosa meets President Trump amid tensions over Washington’s resettlement of white Afrikaners that the U.S. president claims are the victims of “genocide.”

Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

How the false notion of “white genocide” traveled from the political fringes to the Oval Office. The week on Code Switch, we’re talking to a reporter who was in the room during a meeting when President Trump pushed this conspiracy theory on the president of South Africa. And we’re digging into what Trump’s fixation on white South Africans tell us about anxieties over white replacement here in the U.S.

Sponsor Message

This episode was produced by Christina Cala and Jess Kung. It was edited by Courtney Stein. Our engineer who Jimmy Keeley.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Must Read

Israel says it is arming clans opposed to Hamas in Gaza

Israeli shelling hits an area in the northern of Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday. Leo Correa/AP hide caption toggle caption Leo Correa/AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel is arming clans in the Gaza Strip to undermine Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that Israel has been fighting for almost

Trump’s travel ban includes Afghanistan, where thousands await U.S. resettlement

In this file photo from 2024, Taliban military helicopters fly to celebrate the third anniversary of Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, at the Bagram Air Base, in Bagram, Parwan province on August 14, 2024. President Trump banned the arrival of Afghan nationals to the U.S. with exceptions for those who have special immigrant visas. Ahmad Sahel

Trump and Xi talk on the phone, their first call since the tariff war began

President Trump chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a visit to Beijing in 2017. Andy Wong/AP hide caption toggle caption Andy Wong/AP President Trump spoke by phone with China's leader Xi Jinping on Thursday. This is their first known call since Trump began his second term with a focus on higher tariffs on imports

Israel says it recovered the bodies of 2 U.S.-Israeli hostages in Gaza

Judi Weinstein Haggai and Gad Haggai were kidnapped in the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack and later declared dead by the Israeli authorities. Here they are pictured at an unknown location in this undated photo provided by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. The Israeli military said it recovered their bodies Thursday. Hostages and

OpenAI takes down covert operations tied to China and other countries

Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a conference in San Francisco this week. The company said it has recently taken down 10 influence operations that were using its generative artificial intelligence tools. Four of those operations were likely run by the Chinese government. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Chinese