Just when I thought the orange one couldn't go much further off the rails. WTF?

First group of white South Africans flying to the US under Trump refugee plan

"In short: The first set of white South Africans granted refugee status by the Trump administration have been flown the US.

"Treating white South Africans as refugees fleeing oppression has drawn a mixture of alarm and ridicule by South African authorities.

"What's next? A spokesperson for the US Department of Health and Human Services says more arrivals are expected in the coming months.

"The first 49 white South Africans granted refugee status for being deemed victims of racial discrimination under an offer by US President Donald Trump have been flown to the US.

"Under Mr Trump, Washington has blocked mostly non-white refugee admissions from the rest of the world but is prioritising Afrikaners, the descendants of mostly Dutch settlers."

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"President Cyril Ramaphosa claimed the white South Africans had left because they were opposed to policies aimed at addressing racial inequality persisting since apartheid.

"'We think that the American government has got the wrong end of the stick here, but we'll continue talking to them,' he said.

"Since Nelson Mandela brought democracy to South Africa in 1994, the once-ruling white minority has retained most of their wealth amassed since colonial times, Reuters said.

"White people still own three-quarters of private land and have about 20 times the wealth of the Black majority, international journal the Review of Political Economy revealed.

"Less than 10 per cent of white South Africans are out of work, compared with more than a third of their Black counterparts.

"US continues support for white South Africans

"However, the concern that minority white South Africans face discrimination from the Black majority has persisted in right-wing online chatrooms.

"It has also been echoed by Mr Trump's white South African-born ally Elon Musk.

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