The hateful left is up in arms after President Trump exposed the appalling treatment of white farmers in South Africa during a recent Oval Office meeting - but others are praising Trump for highlighting an issue that has long been swept under the rug.
During his meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa last week, Trump played video clips of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema chanting "Kill the Boer" and imitating the sound of gunfire.
But it was Trump's calling out brutal farm murders that led to the most furious response. Trump has suggested that white farmers in South Africa are being slaughtered in a silent "genocide" as the government looks the other way.
Whether or not whites in South Africa are being killed disproportionately is hotly disputed, but the vile incitement of political figures like Malema cannot be denied. It should be easy to condemn, but Ramaphosa was reluctant to do so during his sit-down with Trump.
"That is not government policy. We have a multiparty democracy in South Africa that allows people to express themselves," Ramaphosa said.
Ramaphosa's government has also enacted a new law that permits the state to seize land from white farmers. This racist policy has been dressed up as a response to lingering inequities from the time of apartheid.
In a short video, top South African rabbi Warren Goldstein said that Trump was correct to call out the "criminal incitement" that has been normalized by leaders like Malema and President Ramaphosa.
"Everyone knows it is wrong, except President Ramaphosa who has never publicly condemned the chanters' hate speech, even in the Oval Office when he had every opportunity and motive to do so," Goldstein said.
Unfortunately, tolerance of this murderous hatred is not limited to the political leadership. The Constitutional Court, which is South Africa's top court, recently issued a final ruling affirming that "Kill the Boer" is not hate speech.
Goldstein condemned the court's ruling, saying the judges should "hang their hands in shame."
While disagreeing with Trump that whites are the victims of "genocide," Goldstein said it is "damning" that Ramaphosa had no response other than to point out that South Africa suffers from high crime across the board. Indeed, South Africa is one of the most dangerous nations in the world, with more than 26,000 murdered in 2024.
South Africa's longtime ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has failed to protect blacks and whites alike, Goldstein said.
"What is happening in South Africa is a genocide. It is not a white genocide, it is not a black genocide, it is a human genocide. Every South African knows this," Rabbi Goldstein said. "Now, thanks to the spectacle in the White House, the world does too."
Whether it ought to be called a "genocide" or something else, it is clear that whites in South Africa are being targeted with violent incitement and other forms of cruel, discriminatory treatment. That should be enough to warrant the world's attention, and it more than justifies Trump's decision to accept white refugees seeking safety and peace.
