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US Embassy in South Africa rejects Trump tweet: report
The U.S. Embassy in South Africa has reportedly sent out a memo tacitly rejecting President Trump’s tweet tying land reform issues to a “large scale killing of farmers” in the country.
Trump, citing a segment from Fox News, claimed in a tweet last week that violence against farmers was related to the seizure of farmland, a highly controversial issue in South Africa with roots in its apartheid past.
"I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers," Trump wrote on Twitter.
Link to tweet
The U.S. Embassy in South Africa addressed the topic Wednesday, issuing a memo titled, “Despite Crime Epidemic, Farm Murders Down,” Foreign Policy reported.
The embassy cited a report claiming farm murders are at their lowest point in 19 years.
The cable, which the magazine said did not directly mention Trump or his tweet, outlined statistics on murder rates in the country involving white-owned South African farms.
“Some journalists and lobby groups have simplified complex land disputes to serve their own ends,” the cable read, according to Foreign Policy.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/404224-us-embassy-in-south-africa-refutes-trump-tweet-report
Sounds like an ambassador may be recalled for not toeing the party line.
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