AdvertisementIt’s an assertion that officials in South Africa, which has long been plagued by racial apartheid, have said is false when repeatedly criticized by Trump. AdvertisementTrump seized on the issue after bringing Tesla CEO Elon Musk, an immigrant from South Africa, into his orbit at the start of his second term. While he suspended the U.S. refugee program in January, the few entering the country since are mostly white South Africans. This latest back-and-forth with Trump comes after the president declined to send an American government delegation to last weekend’s G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. In its statement, South Africa referenced the U.S. decision to send a local embassy official to the handover.
