What Trump’s fixation on ‘white genocide’ in South Africa tells us about the U.S.

Enlarge this image South African President Ramaphosa meets President Trump amid tensions over Washington’s resettlement of white Afrikaners that the U.S. president claims are the victims of “genocide.” Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images South African President Ramaphosa meets President Trump amid tensions over Washington’s resettlement of white Afrikaners that the U.S. president claims are the victims of “genocide.” Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images 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. Sponsor Message This episode was produced by Christina Cala and Jess Kung. It was edited by Courtney Stein. Our engineer who Jimmy Keeley.