White South Africans Could Get Trump Biography For Kids In Refugee Welcome Packet | EUROtoday

WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – White South Africans coming to the U.S. as refugees might get a biography of President Donald Trump for youngsters as a part of a welcome packet proposed final week by an administration official, emails reviewed by Reuters confirmed.

The e book — “Donald Trump Biography for Kids: An Inspirational Story of One of America’s Most Famous Presidents” — was prompt by Fred Cooper, a Trump appointee serving as deputy assistant secretary in a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in response to a December 8 inside e mail reviewed by Reuters.

The 89-page biography, designed for youngsters ages 8 to 12, portrays the Republican president as an inspirational determine whose life “is a masterclass in determination, resilience, confidence, and dreaming big.”

Cooper additionally prompt the welcome packet embody a biography of Andrew Jackson, the seventh U.S. president. Trump has praised Jackson, a fellow populist, though Jackson has confronted historic criticism for proudly owning slaves and driving Native Americans from their lands.

“I imagine these books wouldn’t be an issue?” Cooper stated within the e mail, linking to the Trump and Jackson biographies. The e mail didn’t say what the U.S. authorities may pay for the biographies.

HHS and Cooper didn’t reply to requests for remark.

The deliberate welcome packet, if finalized, would assist Trump’s effort to convey hundreds of white South Africans to the U.S. as refugees. The program has provoked backlash from the South African authorities and refugee teams.

Trump froze refugee admissions from all over the world after taking workplace in January however weeks later launched an effort to herald European-descended Afrikaners from majority-Black South Africa. Trump has stated these folks have been victims of race-based violence and discrimination, claims the South African authorities strongly denies.

On Wednesday, South African authorities stated they might deport Kenyans who have been contracted to work on the U.S. refugee program, saying they have been utilizing improper visas.

Refugees up to now have acquired supplies explaining U.S. historical past and tradition, however they don’t usually promote particular presidents or ideologies, three veteran refugee staff stated.

The Trump biography recounts his childhood in New York City and successes and failures as a businessman, together with the chapter of his lavish Taj Mahal on line casino and resort in Atlantic City.

The e book contains distinguished moments from Trump’s 2017-2021 presidency, from development of a wall alongside the U.S.-Mexico border to efforts to fight COVID-19.

In a chapter entitled “Challenges and Controversies,” it broaches Trump’s two impeachments by the U.S. House of Representatives, together with his message to supporters to “fight like hell” earlier than they stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

“The events of January 6 and the subsequent impeachment trial were among the most contentious moments of Donald’s presidency, sparking debates about accountability, free speech, and the future of American democracy,” it reads.

The e book is revealed by EverNest Press, whose solely on-line presence Reuters might discover was on Amazon, with no obtainable contact info. EverNest Press can be listed because the writer. Amazon didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Cooper additionally proposed the welcome packet embody “The 1776 Report,” revealed in January 2021 as Trump ended his first time period in workplace. The report, the product of a presidential fee convened by Trump, criticizes insurance policies that promote variety.

The HHS official additionally advisable together with a report on non secular freedom by the Family Research Council, a conservative group. That report highlights authorized battles by American enterprise individuals who refused to serve same-sex {couples}, together with a Colorado baker who received a case earlier than the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018.

(Reporting by Ted Hesson; Additional reporting by Kristina Cooke in San Francisco; Editing by David Gregorio)