An American conservative figure has called on US President Donald Trump to appoint a special envoy dedicated to Afrikaner affairs.
Stefano Forte, President of the New York Young Republican Club (a youth Republican Party organisation), made the appeal while addressing those in attendance at the Future of Nations Conference in Pretoria on 25 February.
In his speech, Forte referred to historical parallels between political debates and Afrikaner history, including the Great Trek and the Battle of Blood River. He also referred to Afrikaners as having cultural and historical links to Western civilisation, stating that Americans and Afrikaners were “civilisational kin”.
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NYYRC President @StefanoLforte speaks at the Future of Nations Conference in Pretoria, South Africa.
BE THE BOER! pic.twitter.com/oUxyLB7yBT
— New York Young Republican Club 🇺🇸🗽 (@NYYRC) February 25, 2026
Using this background, he then called on Trump to raise international awareness of issues currently affecting Afrikaner communities.
“That is why I am calling on our great President, Donald J. Trump, to appoint a special envoy to the Afrikaners to show the world the truth of what is going on in South Africa.”
Forte has extensively shared his views on the supposed Afrikaner crisis on social media. In so doing, he criticised American media reporting, referencing a recent segment on the CBS programme 60 Minutes regarding claims by Trump that white South Africans are victims of genocide.
“It’s been a 30-year blackout on what’s happening in South Africa. They’ve been excluded in media from the rest of the West.”
The NYYRC is leading a delegation to South Africa to expose what @60Minutes and the rest of the Fake News Media won’t cover.
Yesterday, we visited Eden… pic.twitter.com/g2XnpR8xED
— New York Young Republican Club 🇺🇸🗽 (@NYYRC) February 24, 2026
I’m with our @NYYRC delegation in Pretoria with Sarel Roets, brother of our gracious host @ErnstRoets, at the Paul Kruger statue in Church Square — once the proud heart of a great city, now left to decay under a deeply ineffective socialist regime.
Paul Kruger, one of the most… pic.twitter.com/oi5E4xyQGM
— Stefano Loudaros Forte (@StefanoLforte) February 24, 2026
LIVE FROM THE WHITE CROSS MONUMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA. https://t.co/gEHYM3iSoy
— New York Young Republican Club 🇺🇸🗽 (@NYYRC) February 26, 2026
During that broadcast, journalist Anderson Cooper travelled to South Africa to investigate the allegations. Several local farmers rejected claims of a targeted genocide, describing violent crime as a nationwide problem affecting multiple communities.
Even Kallie Kriel, chief executive of civil rights organisation AfriForum, noted in the interview that he had not used the term “white genocide” when raising concerns about farm safety and property rights.
