US President Donald Trump’s offer to accept white Afrikaners as refugees landed as both \”ridiculous\” and \”lame\” Trump cut off aid to South Africa and claimed, without evidence, that the Pretoria government is seizing white-owned land. South African-born billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and Trump’s right-hand man, has in the past echoed far-right conspiracy theories about a \”white genocide\” in the country. \”I find it funny because I live here and I don’t see that sort of persecution in any way,\” said Lwandle Yende, 34. \”America is not cheap,\” said Matthew Butler, a 62-year-old tax and insurance specialist. \”Are you going to have work?\” said Reabetswe Mosue, 22. The South Africa government has sought to allay fears about the fallout from Trump’s resettlement proposal, saying it was \”ironic\” that it came from a nation embarking on a deportation programme.
