Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to blow off an upcoming G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, blaming equality initiatives and South Africa’s “anti-Americanism.”
“I will NOT attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg,” Rubio stated Wednesday in a submit on X. “South Africa is doing very dangerous issues. Expropriating non-public property. Utilizing G20 to advertise ‘solidarity, equality, & sustainability.’ In different phrases: DEI and local weather change. My job is to advance America’s nationwide pursuits, not waste taxpayer cash or coddle anti-Americanism.“
Little Marco seemingly alluded to President Donald Trump’s current evidence-free declare that “South Africa is confiscating land,” referring to the parable that white farmers within the nation are having their land taken by the federal government.
“I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!” Trump wrote on his Fact Social platform.
At challenge is the nation’s new Expropriation Act, which ends apartheid-era legal guidelines round land distribution that have been put in place by the white ruling minority. The brand new legislation seeks to mitigate among the disparities following nearly 50 years of apartheid within the nation.
Following Trump’s submit, the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa denied Trump’s claims.
“South Africa is a constitutional democracy that is deeply rooted in the rule of law, justice and equality,” he wrote in a assertion. “The South African Government has not confiscated any land.”
“We look forward to engaging with the Trump administration over our land reform policy and issues of bilateral interest. We are certain that out of those engagements, we will share a better and common understanding over these matters,” he added.
Trump’s puppet grasp, the South African-born billionaire Elon Musk, responded to Ramaphosa’s assertion with an much more baseless declare, writing on X, “Why do you have openly racist ownership laws?”
Musk has beforehand accused Ramaphosa and his administration of permitting a “genocide” to occur to white farmers, a declare for which consultants say there isn’t any proof. Round 20,000 murders are dedicated within the nation yearly, with simply round 50 of them being white farmers, based on Reuters. The overwhelming majority of victims are Black.
It’s no shock that Musk and Trump appear most excited about enacting a top-down caste society the place a really small group of individuals will get to oppress the remainder of the nation.
