SA twitter trolls Trump
South Africans have reacted with fire and brimstone following a controversial tweet by United States President Donald Trump on land expropriation.
In the tweet, Trump wrote that he had asked his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to "study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large-scale killing of farmers".
Trump tweet comes after watching Tucker Carlson's 60-minute show on Fox News entitled “South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers”.
Former public protector Thuli Madonsela was one of the first to react, questioning the veracity of the Fox News piece.
She further wrote: "What happened to the principle of ask (sic) first, understand then act responsibly as a leader?"
Meanwhile, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leaders, Floyd Shivambu, described Trump's utterance as madness and labelling him a racist bigot.
"Who lacks the basic intelligence to understand anything. South Africa will never be intimidated by global racists who believe in lies. Land expropriation will happen against all forms of threats by Foolishness," Shivambu wrote on Twitter.
Lungelo Mbele, wrote that the land belongs to African ancestors.
"...@realDonaldTrump stop meddling on issues that doesn't (sic) concern you go and build your great wall and leave us alone #Expropriation #LandExpropriation."
Vincent Tseka likened the US president as a mad man and "he can't dictate how the land should be expropriated in RSA."
Tweets below:
What happened to the principle of ask first, understand then act responsibly as a leader? @POTUS https://t.co/4k45LXx5Jc
— Prof Thuli Madonsela (@ThuliMadonsela3) 23 August 2018
Nothing will intimidate and stop us from expropriating our land. This land was stolen from our forefathers and when we want it back it becomes an issue? If it means we must die we are ready to die so we can change the patterns of ownership of land in South Africa.
— Land Advocate (@WaseNgoleleni) 23 August 2018
He should have requested his secretary to study the injustices of the past first then after study why there's a need to redress. You don't just swallow before chewing. 80% of the SA land is owned by whites minority . Who sold it to them? They took it forcefully
— Happy Mashimbyi (@HappyMashimbyi3) 23 August 2018