President Trump met with South African President regarding "White genocide" in Africa

[AgnosticBoy]

Finished watching a good portion of an interview between President Trump and President Cyril Ramaphosa (of South Africa). I honestly thought President Trump's tone and accusations were careless and frankly disrespectful. Fortunately, the South African president did not respond in the same way but instead kept it civil.

Anyone else saw it? Some of my coworkers said that the interview showed why Trump was racists. I don't really want to go to the name calling route on the forum, but feel free to talk about his views being racist or if he was disrespectful in any way.

The part about Trump talking about White genocide starts around 19:15 minute mark...

Lastly, this is why i tell people, even staunch Republicans, that you can vote for whoever you want, but focus on policy instead of the person. I say this because I don't believe there is any good politician left. All that's left for reasonable people to decide on is *policy* (e.g. for Trump, at least for me, it would be policies that don't harm minority groups among other things).

 

[AgnosticBoy]

And as one fact check source says about White genocide occurring in South Africa...

Claim: A genocide targeting white farmers is happening in South Africa.

Get the Facts: Anthony Kaziboni, a senior researcher at the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Development in Africa, told PolitiFact that he does not believe what is happening in South Africa qualifies as a genocide.

"There is no indication of a state-sponsored campaign or intent to eliminate a specific racial group," Kaziboni said. "The primary motive remains robbery, sometimes coupled with extreme violence, consistent with broader patterns of violent crime in South Africa."

Source: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/trump-ramaphosa-south-africa-white-farmer-genocide/64841616

 

[AgnosticBoy]

I rarely like the thinking of the View hosts, but this time I agree with a lot of their thinking...