Saturday’s New York Times included a mild headline, “Trump, Claiming Bias Against Afrikaners, Punishes South Africa.” But the text itself wasn’t nearly so reasonable, falsely accusing Donald Trump and Elon Musk of spreading a “conspiracy theory” (a favorite liberal smear against conservatives) for relaying actual news about a disturbing new law in South Africa.
With aid to South Africa at stake and (gasp!) resettlement of white refugees to America a possibility, reporters Michael Shear and John Eligon tamped down the controversy.
President Trump on Friday ordered that all foreign assistance to South Africa be halted and said his administration would prioritize the resettling of white, “Afrikaner refugees” into the United States because of what he called actions by the country’s government that “racially disfavored…
