His past tweets about “farm killings” in South Africa were widely criticized as alarmist and misleading.
While South Africa does struggle with high rates of violent crime, no independent human rights body or international organization has classified the situation as genocide.
The South African government has consistently maintained that attacks on farmers, while tragic, reflect broader crime issues rather than a targeted campaign.
The implications of this latest diplomatic flare-up remain to be seen, as both leaders try to balance domestic concerns with international optics in a turbulent geopolitical climate.
