The article talks about how President Trump asks the Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, to "closely study the South Africa land" to make sure white farmers were not being killed/getting their land taken away. People in South Africa were not happy about this incident. The South African Government tweeted, "South Africa totally rejects this narrow perception which only seeks to divide our nation and reminds us of our colonial past". This resulted in the currency dropping more than 1.5% against the U.S. dollar. President Trump acted on misinformation, which caused tension between him and the South African Government. This article shows that the President needs to be more careful about what he tweets and make sure this country's relationship with African countries do not get worse.
On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 5:02:47 PM UTC-5, Lance Hanse wrote:
-- On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 5:02:47 PM UTC-5, Lance Hanse 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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