Newsmax ran the requisite wire stories on President Trump’s importing of white South Africans as alleged refugees:
- First Group of 49 White South Africans Leaves for US After Trump Offered Them Refugee Status
- Trump Just Brought a Group of White South Africans to the US as Refugees. What Are They Escaping?
- Trump’s Stance Against South Africa Is Not Just About White Farmers. It’s Also About Hamas and Iran
It also served up the usual locally generate stories to push the Trump agenda on this:
- Episcopal Church Refuses to Help Resettle White South Africans
- Trump Defends Refugee Status for White South Africans
It also ran this summary of a Newsmax TV appearance by a white South African:
White South African refugee Jason Bartlett applauded President Donald Trump as “incredibly brave” during a Wednesday appearance on Newsmax.
During an appearance on “The Chris Salcedo Show,” Bartlett spoke of white Afrikaners facing a “genocide” and applauded Trump’s offering them refugee status in anticipation that the decision would bring the administration criticism.
“He’s incredibly brave because the world is out to get President Donald Trump,” Bartlett said. “And you can see by the video of the South Africans that are coming into the country, it does not fit the left agenda.
“But that’s why we love President Donald Trump. He’s more our leader than any leader in South Africa at the moment.”
Could it be because he’s white? Writer Nick Koutsobinas didn’t seem interested in elaborating further.
Meanwhile, Bartlett’s allegation of “genocide” got undone by Newsmax itself with a wire article it published a few days later, under the headline “Trump Alleges ‘genocide’ in South Africa. At an Agricultural Fair, Even Afrikaner Farmers Scoff.” Oops!