Young, white South African social media commentator Pieter Kriel is receiving death threats over his views about Afrikaner 'refugees'.

While US President Donald Trump has given Afrikaners refugee status in the United States on the false premise that they are victims of human rights abuses at the hands of the South African state, Americans live comfortably in Cape Town as “digital nomads.

Trump's administration fast-tracks white South African Afrikaners as refugees, sparking backlash over racial bias and sidelining thousands of non-white asylum seekers still in limbo.

The administration’s decisions to end temporary protected status for Venezuelans and expedite refugee status for Afrikaners have generated concern that he is using humanitarian protections to reward allies and punish enemies.

The Trump administration granted refugee status to 59 white South Africans, citing racial discrimination as a cause for concern. The move has faced criticism, with South African officials dismissing claims of persecution.

Even if Trump and Ramaphosa strike a deal, this step back from the abyss may prove to be a temporary reprieve rather than a reset. Any agreement will need to deliver positive results on both sides of the Atlantic to overcome the divergent worldviews and domestic pressures that will continue to pull the United States and South Africa apart.

There has been much "breaking news", "just in" on local South African television about the Afrikaner "refugees" who boarded an airplane chartered by the US government to provide a "safe haven" for these Afrikaners who have claimed "refugee" status and are having their US citizenship expedited.

Ramaphosa would have been braced for a hostile reception given Trump has cut aid to South Africa, threatened it with a 30% trade tariff under his "Liberation Day" regime, expelled