{"id":57481,"date":"2026-04-28T18:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=57481"},"modified":"2026-04-28T18:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:32:21","slug":"peet-viljoen-mel-viljoen-ice-donald-trump-deportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/28\/peet-viljoen-mel-viljoen-ice-donald-trump-deportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Peet Viljoen slams Trump after ICE arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Just weeks after praising him, Peet Viljoen has lashed out at US President Donald Trump, whom he has accused of doing the \u201cdevil\u2019s work\u201d. The disbarred lawyer and his reality TV wife, Mel Viljoen, broke their silence on their recent arrest and detention on criminal charges related to theft and overstaying their visa.<\/p>\n<p>The Viljoens packed up their life in South Africa to move to the US, citing \u201cracial persecution\u201d. Like Trump, Mel and Peet claimed that there was a \u201cwhite genocide\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n<p>They are\u00a0expected to be deported to South Africa.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-peet-viljoen-slams-president-donald-trump\">PEET VILJOEN SLAMS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP<\/h2>\n<p>According to content creator Bianca van Wyk, Peet Viljoen has done a U-turn on his comments about Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Where he once praised the controversial president over his claims about South Africa \u2013 which were labelled \u201cdisinformation\u201d by authorities \u2013 Peet has now backtracked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Peet claimed that he was \u201cvery disappointed\u201d in Trump and his administration, going so far as to say that he and his wife, Mel, were \u201cmistaken\u201d about their views.<\/p>\n<p>The disbarred lawyer \u2013 who labelled his ICE detention centre as \u201cHitler\u2019s Auschwitz on steroids\u201d \u2013 claimed that Trump\u2019s work was \u201cfrom the devil\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cAt least Hitler killed people; Trump derives pleasure from torture\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Peet Viljoen sang a different tune just months ago.<\/p>\n<p>He said in a video posted on TikTok in December: \u201cMel and I are happy in America. We\u2019re going to stay here. We don\u2019t have to explain to anyone if we have green cards. I regularly speak about [US President Donald] Trump. Everyone knows about white genocide. I\u2019ve done my part\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@peet.weet0\/video\/7590068635603963150\" data-video-id=\"7590068635603963150\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\">\n<section> @peet.weet0 America is good to us, thank you @potus #america #peetviljoen @Mel Viljoen \u266c Mistletoe \u2013 Justin Bieber <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His wife, Mel, previously said: \u201cTrump is right about everything. I\u2019m from South Africa, where there are race laws against white people and where white people are getting killed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cNews doesn\u2019t want to write about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"451\" alt=\"mel and peet viljoen ice theft\" class=\"wp-image-2465528\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1079px) 100vw, 1079px\" data-loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Peet-Viljoen-slams-Trump-after-ICE-arrest.jpg?resize=640%2C451&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Peet-Viljoen-slams-Trump-after-ICE-arrest.jpg 1079w, https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mel-and-Peet-Viljoen-1-768x541.jpg.optimal.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mel-and-Peet-Viljoen-1-750x528.jpg.optimal.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mel-and-Peet-Viljoen-1-960x676.jpg.optimal.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mel-and-Peet-Viljoen-1-640x451.jpg.optimal.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mel-and-Peet-Viljoen-1-255x180.jpg.optimal.jpg 255w\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mel and Peet Viljoen.<br \/>Images via Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-am-racist-i-hate-black-people\">\u2018I AM RACIST\u2026I HATE BLACK PEOPLE\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Peet Viljoen is known for his controversial comments on race and politics, as stated in his social media videos.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere is no doubt in my mind that I am a racist and hate South African black people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t speak babboon\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Black people have not built anything of significance\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGenocide is a reality in South Africa\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Peet #Viljoen #slams #Trump #ICE #arrest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just weeks after praising him, Peet Viljoen has lashed out at US President Donald Trump, whom he has accused of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57483,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57481\/revisions\/57483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}