4 d. ago What Trump's fixation on 'white genocide' in South Africa tells us about the U.S.

How the false notion of "white genocide" traveled from the political fringes to the Oval Office. The week on Code Switch, we're talking to a reporter who was in the room during a meeting when President Trump pushed this conspiracy theory on the president of South Africa. And we're digging into what Trump's fixation on white South Africans tell us about anxieties over white replacement here in the U.S.

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2 w. ago South Africa Wanted to Talk Trade. Then Trump Turned Down the Lights.

In a bruising Oval Office meeting, the visitors’ plan to keep President Trump from focusing on false accusations of white genocide backfired spectacularly.

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2 w. ago Late Night Thinks Trump’s ‘White Genocide’ Video Was a Bit Much

“The guy who couldn’t find South Africa on a map of Africa” subjected its leader to an extremely dubious video about his own country, Jimmy Kimmel said.

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2 w. ago Trump showed old videos, took crosses out of context in South Africa genocide claims

Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with images and video clips that he said show an ongoing "genocide" against white farmers in the country.

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2 w. ago Inside the Oval Office Meeting With South Africa’s President

John Eligon, Johannesburg bureau chief, recounts what he witnessed in the Oval Office when President Trump confronted the visiting President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa with an elaborate presentation attempting to falsely prove a “genocide” against white Afrikaners.

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2 w. ago Is there a white genocide in South Africa? Examining Trump's Oval Office claim

President Donald Trump claimed there is an ongoing "genocide" against white farmers in South Africa during a tense meeting with the South African president on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Trump confronts South Africa's president in Oval Office, pushes false claims of white genocide

Trump confronts South Africa's president in Oval Office, pushes false claims of white genocide  ABC News

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2 w. ago Trump confronts South Africa's Ramaphosa with false claims of white genocide

Trump confronts South Africa's Ramaphosa with false claims of white genocide  Reuters

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2 w. ago Trump confronts S. Africa's president, pushes false white genocide claims

Trump hosted South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House amid tensions between the two nations over the U.S. resettlement of white South Africans.

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2 w. ago South Africa's Julius Malema Responds to Trump's Claim of 'Genocide' by Doubling Down: 'Kill the Farmer!'

South African politician Julius Malema, the leader of the radical Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, responded to President Donald Trump's claims about "genocide" Wednesday by reiterating calls to kill white farmers. The post South Africa’s Julius Malema Responds to Trump’s Claim of ‘Genocide’ by Doubling Down: ‘Kill the Farmer!’ appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Trump confronts S. Africa's president in Oval Office, pushes white 'genocide' claims

Trump hosted South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House amid tensions between the two nations over the U.S. resettlement of white South Africans.

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2 w. ago South Africa’s President to Challenge Trump on Afrikaner Refugees

In a visit to the White House, President Cyril Ramaphosa will also highlight business opportunities for Elon Musk.

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2 w. ago Grok says it’s ‘skeptical’ about Holocaust death toll, then blames ‘programming error’

Grok, the AI-powered chatbot created by xAI and widely deployed across its new corporate sibling X, wasn’t just obsessed with white genocide this week. As first noted in Rolling Stone, Grok also answered a question on Thursday about the number of Jews killed by the Nazis in World War II by saying that “historical records, […]

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3 w. ago Musk's xAI blames 'unauthorized' tweak for 'white genocide' posts

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup has blamed an "unauthorized modification" for causing its chatbot Grok to generate misleading and unsolicited posts referencing "white genocide" in South Africa.

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3 w. ago Elon Musk's AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa's racial politics was 'unauthorized'

Much like its creator, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and "genocide" of white people.

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3 w. ago Elon Musk's xAI Admits 'Unauthorized Modification' Led to Grok's South Africa 'Genocide' Obsession

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, has acknowledged that an "unauthorized modification" to its Grok chatbot resulted in the AI generating unprompted responses about "white genocide" in South Africa. The post Elon Musk’s xAI Admits ‘Unauthorized Modification’ Led to Grok’s South Africa ‘Genocide’ Obsession appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago xAI blames Grok’s obsession with white genocide on an ‘unauthorized modification’

xAI blamed an “unauthorized modification” for a bug in its AI-powered Grok chatbot that caused Grok to repeatedly refer to “white genocide in South Africa” when invoked in certain contexts on X. On Wednesday, Grok began replying to dozens of posts on X with information about white genocide in South Africa, even in response to […]

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3 w. ago Elon Musk’s Grok AI Can’t Stop Talking About ‘White Genocide’

In response to X user queries about everything from sports to Medicaid cuts, the xAI chatbot inserted unrelated information about “white genocide” in South Africa.

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3 w. ago Grok is unpromptedly telling X users about South African ‘white genocide’

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok appeared to experience a bug on Wednesday that caused it to reply to dozens of posts on X with information about “white genocide” in South Africa, even when the user didn’t ask anything about the subject. The strange responses stem from the X account for Grok, which replies to users […]

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3 w. ago First White South African Refugees Arrive in U.S., Welcomed by Trump Admin

DULLES, VIRGINIA — White South African refugees were welcomed into the United States by the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday, as President Donald Trump condemned the "genocide that's taking place" against them. The post First White South African Refugees Arrive in U.S., Welcomed by Trump Admin appeared first on Breitbart.

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