Donald Trump went and tweeted about the plight of the white farmer in South Africa because of a story

that came out recently where the government has officially begun the process of seizing farms

from white landowners. The issue is about racial equality and that's how they're framing in South

Africa that the whites are an overwhelming minority of the country, less than 9% I believe, yet they

own 72% of the land. So the government wants to redistribute the land and there have been activists

who have said that they need to seize the means of production and things to that effect.

Lauren Suther did a documentary on it. But the question that everyone keeps talking about

and it seems to dominate the conversation when it's not what the president was talking about or

what many conservatives are talking about is the question of white genocide. Is there a white

genocide happening in South Africa? The answer is no and that's not don't take my word for it. Lauren

Suther did a documentary called Farmlands where she said everything she covered does not equal

genocide but and here's the but. If they continue down this path it is possible. So sure and I think a

lot of people who are you know using the term white genocide are using it in a light sense where

they feel like there's build up to a potential race war or something that affect. But listen if

Lauren Sutheran is going to say that what's going on South Africa does not yet mean what there's a

genocide happening then I don't see how the right is going to argue against it she probably did

one of the most comprehensive documentaries on that subject matter whether you like her politics

or not she covered it pretty in that and she interviewed both sides. So Donald Trump tweeted this.

He said I've asked Secretary of State Secretary Pompeo to closely study the South African land

and farm seizures and expropriations the large scale killings of farmers South African government

is now seizing land from white farmers and he tagged Tucker Carlson and Fox News and when you go

on Twitter you're going to see a ton of people associated with the left and certain news outlets

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