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Trump to host South Africa's president amid tensions over US resettlement of white Afrikaners

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  • Reliability

    55% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -15% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : "We're always ready and we hope to have really good discussions with President Trump and his fellow government colleagues.
58% : " The dozens of Afrikaners who arrived in the U.S. last week had their applications fast-tracked under an executive order issued by Trump in February titled, "Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa.
53% : "And I had a conversation with President Trump on the phone, and I -- he asked, he said, 'What's happening down there?'"
48% : " Ramaphosa on Tuesday projected optimism about the upcoming talks with Trump.
48% : He said trade is the "the most important, that is what has brought us here" and that they want to strengthen economic ties between the two nations in a video posted to X. Ramaphosa also said he and Trump will discuss Israel as well as Russia and Ukraine.
26% : Trump has been scrutinized for prioritizing Afrikaners while moving to restrict immigration from elsehwere, including from Afghanistan, Venezuela and Haiti.
22% : Trump and other top officials have claimed that a race-based "genocide" is unfolding against white farmers in the country.
17% : "It's a genocide that's taking place," President Trump said last week.
14% : Trump claims a "genocide" is taking place, which South Africa disputes.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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