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Bulwark Takes

Trump’s Sickening “White’s Only” Refugee Plan

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

News, Society & Culture, Politics, News Commentary

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Tim Miller calls out the press conference by Trump's Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau where he explains the decision to accept white South African refugees while rejecting others, particularly Afghan refugees being forced to leave the United States, highlighting blatant racial bias and hypocrisy in U.S. refugee policy.

Watch Tim's conversation with Will Selber, "They Will Be Killed” Trump Orders Afghan Refugees to Self-Deport

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sumup.combe.com.com. Hey guys, Timmer the bulwark. I just saw this press conference from the Trump's deputy

0:24.7

secretary of state who was explaining the administration's decision to welcome as refugees,

0:30.6

a couple of dozen white Afrikaners from South Africa. And like, I mean, the racism dog whistle here is, I guess not really a dog whistle.

0:43.9

It is a bullhorn from one of the most condescending blowhards that I've ever had the displeasure of watching do a press conference.

0:54.9

And so I felt like I was obligated to share the pain with you all.

1:00.4

And I had to learn a little bit about this gentleman, our deputy secretary of state,

1:06.3

who is not surprisingly a Nepo baby, Christopher Landau, well, Aleppo grandpa, I guess at this point.

1:12.5

But let's go to the video to watch his explanation for why the administration is taking in Afrikaner refugees.

1:22.9

At the same time, they're blocking people fleeing persecution from other countries, such as Afghanistan,

1:29.0

taking away the protected status from refugees fleeing persecution in places such as Afghanistan.

1:35.5

And we'll take a look at his answer.

1:37.2

There are many people who fit the criteria of seeking help, who are fleeing persecution. Afghans, for example, they live in a country run by the Taliban.

1:48.0

But they're being denied refugee status.

1:50.0

So I'm wondering why is such an exception been made for the Afrikaans,

1:55.0

especially when the South African government says they're not some danger.

1:59.0

I think you may recall that on the President's first day in office, on January 20th of this year,

2:06.6

he issued an executive order that paused U.S. refugee programs that had been going at record

2:16.1

levels under the prior administration and had brought in people

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