South African bishops’ official disputes President Trump’s white genocide claim
June 09, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Mike Pothier, program manager of the Southern Africa Bishops’ Conference’s Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office, disputed President Donald Trump’s recent claims about a white genocide in South Africa.
The president made the claims made during a recent bilateral meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
“I was struck firstly by the rudeness and opportunism of Trump in surprising Ramaphosa with these videos and photos,” said Pothier. “It was soon clear that much of what Trump put forward as ‘facts’ concerning the murder of white farmers in South Africa was either completely false or highly exaggerated.”
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