PJ Media: State Department After Trump Tweet: South Africa Land Expropriation Isn't Like Zimbabwe

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State Department After Trump Tweet: South Africa Land Expropriation Isn't Like Zimbabwe
By Bridget Johnson August 23, 2018

WASHINGTON -- The State Department said today that President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed Trump's tweet about South African land reform, and cautioned that the situation there is not comparable to Zimbabwe's "fast-track" land grabs.

After watching a Tucker Carlson segment on Fox News on Wednesday night, Trump tweeted, "I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers. 'South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers.'”

The South African government tweeted at Trump in response, "South Africa totally rejects this narrow perception which only seeks to divide our nation and reminds us of our colonial past."

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