One of the South African refugees of the Trump administration caught up in its anti-Semitic and violent tweets-Liberation

Reinstallation demand in the United States was filed at the start of the year. Charl Kleinhaus, 46, from Limpopo in South Africa, told the American authorities to have been threatened, and that strangers had tried to seize his property. On May 12, this owner of a mining company – according to his LinkedIn profile – was one of the 59 Afrikaners who received the status of refugee to land at Washington Dulles, Virginia, accompanied by his daughter, his son and his grandson. «  »We have made our luggage and left for security reasons« , He told New York Times Upon his arrival. The family plans to settle in Buffalo, New York State.

For months, the President of the United States Donald Trump has constantly said one « genocide » White farmers is underway in South Africa, taking up the rhetoric of its protégé Elon Musk, himself Afrikaner. In February he signed a decree granting refugee status to Afrikaners, aimed at protecting them from discrimination And « The terrible situation » of which they would be victims.

The arrival of Charl Kleinhaus in the United States was quickly criticized, after a series of virulent posts with regard to Jews and immigrants, published on his X account (ex-Twitter), resurfaced. According to THE Guardian,, In a tweet published in 2023, the South African reacted to a video showing Christians arguing with Israeli police on the way to the Nativity Church, declaring that the Jews are not « Trust of confidence » and constitute « A dangerous group ».

Last fall, Charl Kleinhaus also shared a nationalist right -wing video on YouTube, entitled « We will focus on illegal immigrants – the Polish solution for illegal Islamic immigrants ». If he has confirmed to several media being the holder of these accounts, he assures that he is not anti -Semitic and having written a message « By mistake », While it was under the effect of drugs.

Afrikaner is a follower of biblical, pro-Trump and far-right content on X, that he does not hesitate to set off on other social networks. On his news feed, we alternate between biblical verses or images of Trump walking with angels …

In recent months, the Trump administration has implemented many decrees aimed at fighting anti -Semitism and « Protect the United States from foreign terrorists ». In accordance with these decisions, the Ministry of Internal Security (DHS) declared to examine the anti -Semitic activities of foreigners on social networks and the physical harassment of Jews as a reason for rejection of requests for immigration benefits. A vigilance which clearly did not extend to Charl Kleinhaus.