‘White supremacists in suits and ties’: the rightwing Afrikaner group in Trump’s ear

Trump's asylum offer to South Africa's white minority follows years of AfriForum lobbying on Elon Musk's behalf

Donald Trump's offer of political asylum to South Africa's white minority, just days after blocking genuine refugees from travelling to the US, followed years of campaigning by an Afrikaner group that has promoted white genocide" conspiracy theories while also lobbying on behalf of Elon Musk's business interests.

Last week, Trump issued an executive order that misrepresented a new South African law, the Expropriation Act, as a racist move to persecute white Afrikaners by seizing their farms without compensation.