Afrikaners not responsible for misinforming Donald Trump, says Afrikaner Leadership Network
The Afrikaner Leadership Network says Afrikaners in South Africa cannot be blamed for misinforming United States President Donald Trump about the situation prevailing in Africa's economic powerhouse.
The meeting aims to reset strained relations between the two countries and secure a favorable trade deal.
Ramaphosa and Steenhuisen, who is also the DA leader, are joined by Minister of Trade and Industry Parks Tau, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni and International Relations and Minister Ronald Lamola. New special envoy to the US, Mcebisi Jonas is also part of the team.
In an interview with broadcaster Newzroom Afrika, the Afrikaner Leadership Network's Theuns Eloff said it is wrong for anyone to blame Afrikaners for misinforming Trump. Eloff added that the misinformation narrative is overstated, adding that he believes Trump knows what is happening in South Africa.
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"Let me speak about the American administration and separate them from Mr Trump himself. Mr Trump may believe things that he has been told by we don't know who, not by any Afrikaners' organisations of this country. As the Afrikaner Leadership Network, when we met with the ANC, we said we had never said there is white genocide and we had never said there is large scale expropriation of white or Afrikaner farms. So he got it somewhere," said Eloff.
'This thing of misinformation is bandied about. If I were in the American administration and I had to advise the president, I would ask the embassy in South Africa and probably the CIA who can read everything that is being said on South African media and South African social media.
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