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José Olivares in New York

White Afrikaner brought to US by Trump administration has history of antisemitic posts

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The first group of Afrikaners from South Africa arrive for resettlement in Dulles, Virginia, on 12 May 2025. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

One of the white Afrikaners brought into the US as refugees by the Trump administration this week has a history of antisemitic social media posts, despite the White House using alleged antisemitism as a rationale for deporting pro-Palestinian protesters.

Charl Kleinhaus posted on X in 2023 that “Jews are untrustworthy and a dangerous group.” In another post last fall, he shared a rightwing, nationalist YouTube video that was later removed, titled: “‘We’ll shoot ILLEGAL Immigrants!’ – Poland’s Illegal Islamic immigrant solution,” with clapping emojis.

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