S.African farmers 'furious' over Trump land reform tweet

[DonViejo]

Source: Agence France-Presse



Gregory WALTON
AFP News26 August 2018

South African farmers have demanded Donald Trump "leave us the hell alone" after the US president criticised the country's land reform plans, accusing him of trying to deflect attention from his own scandals.

"The people were furious about Trump -- and I think they still are," said Preline Swart, a 37-year-old black woman who farms grain and cattle with her husband east of Cape Town. "He's an outsider and he knows nothing about farming," she said on the sidelines of a summit of farmers, officials and industry players in Bela Bela, 100 miles (160 kilometres) northeast of Johannesburg.

Trump's Wednesday tweet, posted on the eve of the "Land Solution" gathering, touched on the overwhelmingly white ownership of farmland in South Africa -- one of the most sensitive issues in the country's post-apartheid history.

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"I think Donald Trump must really take his long hair... and leave our people the hell alone," added Swart.

Read more: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/african-farmers-furious-over-trump-land-reform-tweet-031838874.html

[saidsimplesimon]

1. "long hair", is it real?

[sandensea]

2. She never heard of the Trump caterpillar, I take it.

[saidsimplesimon]

4. Don't insult the caterpillar, innocent victim, imo. (big grin)

[PatrickforO]

8. Those caterpillars seem a bit scary to me, because

in nature, usually, anything decorated that brightly has a real bad sting with plenty of venom.

[Judi Lynn]

7. Why focus on mocking the woman? Making fun of her seems unworthy of any good person. n/t

[saidsimplesimon]

14. I wasn't mocking the woman. There is no photo of her hair.

The reference was to rumpy's fake hair look.

[Achilleaze]

3. "Stop lying." - South Africa to republican draft dodger in chief

republicans are the only ones who enjoy the foul taste of Dirty Dony's endless lying.

[saidsimplesimon]

5. Malaria paid a visit,

we pay the price. "When will it ever end?"

[Equinox Moon]

6. S. Africans are democratically having a discussion regarding - what to do about the land.

No decisions have been made. They are having a public debate. The radical RWers, worldwide, are jumping in on this to mess up their process.

Our stupid fake president jumps in the fray. America has NOTHING to do with what is going on in S. Africa. Nothing!

[Igel]

9. They may be debating it,

but the tweet was in response to a news story that one farm was foreclosed on (quibble over the vocab if you want). The government set the selling price for the farm, the owners objected and said it was worth more, and the government, both appraiser and buyer, overruled the owner.

Then when the owner filed suit in the court to object, the government exercised its authority to block the suit.

It's like eminent domain in the US, except here there's independent review by the judiciary if the owner objects.

[christx30]

13. Yeah, anyone would be upset

if it happened to them. Theft by government.

[SergeStorms]

10. "He's an outsider and he knows nothing about farming".....

He doesn't know anything about being a president, either. He doesn't know how to tell the truth, he knows nothing about how our government works, and he knows absolutely nothing about being a decent human being. We feel your pain, Ms. Swart. Oh, do we ever feel your pain!

[Bo]

11. .....Zimbabwe here we come

love it

[Judi Lynn]

12. It might be good to read a little more deeply into the subject.

There's far more spin to tall tales spread by Trump. It would do you a lot of good to take the time to look into them until your realize the truth.