Afrikaner brought to US has history of social media antisemitism

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 government using alleged antisemitism as a rationale for deporting pro-Palestinian protesters.

- José Olivares New York

Charl Kleinhaus posted on X in 2023 that "Jews are untrustworthy and a dangerous group". In another post last autumn, he shared a YouTube video that was later removed, titled: "We'll shoot ILLEGAL Immigrants! - Poland's Illegal Islamic immigrant solution," with clapping emojis.

A number of Kleinhaus's posts also promote the conspiracy theory that white people in South Africa are being particularly persecuted. Kleinhaus confirmed to several media outlets that he was the owner of the account that contained antisemitic and racist posts, though he insisted to the Times that he was not antisemitic and claimed to have written a post in error while on medication.