This article is about President Trump's tweet regarding the apparent killing of white farmers in South Africa, a country that is deeply racially divided. Although Trump's tweet was misinformed and he most likely tweeted without doing any further research on the problem, it caused a drop in the value of South African currency and increased tensions between South Africa and the United States, with South Africa tweeting in response that they do not accept Trump's claims. I was shocked to read that something as casual as a tweet could lower the value of the currency of another country. This article illustrates how important it is to improve relations with African countries. This tweet of Trump's has offended South Africa and has only strained the relationship between these two countries more.
On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 5:02 PM Lance Hanse <lancehanse@gmail.com> wrote:
In this article from last August President Trump has taken to twitter and tweeted about a story produced by fox news. The news story detailed how white farmers were being killed and their land was being taken. Trump then tweeted that he asked the Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, at the time to looking into the murders. The next day after the Tweet had circulated the South African government responded with complete denial and blamed trump for trying to "divide our nation and remind[s] us of our colonial past." This event was significant because as the tweet continued to be viewed in South Africa, the rand currency dropped more than 1.5% against the US dollar. ABC news reports that Trump was acting on misinformation. Readers of this article have to understand that misinformation and different perspectives on how things happen can cause significant consequences both politically and economically. Readers can see that this article was posted by ABC to first and foremost rebuke fox news and take a shot at Trump. This being said fox news is often times doing the same exact thing. In my opinion, instead of playing the political games, the mainstream media should lock down on their facts and report the truth how it is. In this case Trump may have been in the wrong because he was misinformed, but this is just a reoccurring problem and it effects countries all over the world. The article is posted below.--
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