Washington: US President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that Iran has received a nuclear deal proposal from the United States, issuing a warning that 'something bad' will occur if they do not act quickly on the offer. Returning to Washington after a Gulf tour, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that Iran has been presented with a proposal, emphasizing the need for swift action: 'They have a proposal, but more importantly, they know they have to move quickly or something bad is going to happen.'
According to Anadolu Agency, Trump also addressed questions regarding his potential involvement in resolving the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. He expressed a willingness to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, suggesting that a meeting could lead to a resolution: 'I may. We have to meet. He and I will meet. I think we'll solve it. Or maybe not, but at least we'll know. And if we don't solve it, it'll be very interesting.'
Additionally, Trump remarked on the recent ceasefire between India and Pakistan, describing it as a significant achievement following a period of intense tension: 'What happened with India and Pakistan ... that was a big success. If you would have seen the level of anger between the two, that was not a good thing,' he said.
When questioned about the arrival of white Afrikaner refugees from South Africa to the United States, Trump defended the decision, claiming that Afrikaners face brutal treatment in South Africa: 'If I see people in distress, I don't care what color, what they look like, what anything, their size, their height, their eyes. I don't care. But I think that from all evidence, the farmers in South Africa are being treated brutally and it's been reported and nobody wants to cover it.'
Trump reiterated his stance on providing refuge for Afrikaners, stating that the US would continue to offer safety to those facing unjust treatment, regardless of their race: 'South Africa is out of control and it's been out of control for a long time and the media doesn't report it. But the fact is that we're about saving lives and we're going to do that. So we've made a home and we'll make a home for other people that are treated badly, no matter what their color.'
The US recently welcomed its first group of 59 Afrikaners from South Africa under the Trump administration's new resettlement initiative. This decision aligns with a US State Department commitment to "protect victims of racial discrimination" as part of Trump's foreign policy, while simultaneously turning away or expelling individuals from countries such as Haiti and Afghanistan.
Afrikaners, a white ethnic minority in South Africa, are primarily descendants of Dutch, German, and French settlers who governed the nation during the apartheid regime-a period marked by racial segregation and violent repression of Black South Africans until its end in 1994. In a February 7 executive order, Trump instructed authorities to begin resettling Afrikaner 'refugees,' citing them as "victims of unjust racial discrimination."
Furthermore, Trump issued another executive order in February to cut US financial assistance to South Africa, citing concerns about its land expropriation law, its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, and its deepening ties with Iran. Land reform in South Africa aims to address historical discrimination under apartheid, which denied Black South Africans land ownership and its accompanying financial benefits.