{"id":200200,"date":"2025-06-15T14:04:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T12:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/east-africa\/kenya\/kenya-no-u-s-president-trump-did-not-say-he-wants-to-buy-land-in-kenya\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T14:04:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T12:04:20","slug":"kenya-no-u-s-president-trump-did-not-say-he-wants-to-buy-land-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/east-africa\/kenya\/kenya-no-u-s-president-trump-did-not-say-he-wants-to-buy-land-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: No, U.S. President Trump Did Not Say He Wants to Buy Land in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"34\"><strong>IN SHORT:<\/strong> In a video circulating on social media, US president Donald Trump apparently says he wants to buy land in western Kenya to grow &#8220;misheveve&#8221;, or pumpkin leaves. However, the video is fake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"18\">&#8220;Trumpp set to buy land in Kenya,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DJonC_CxEd2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reads<\/a> the text on a video circulating on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DIo4pruo--b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@johnstoneangatiaj\/video\/7496225141261798702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"24\">It shows US president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trumplibrary.gov\/trumps\/president-donald-j-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehousehistory.org\/questions\/why-is-the-oval-office-oval#:~:text=Although%20the%20Oval%20Office%20was,the%20office%20of%20the%20Presidency.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oval Office<\/a> saying that he wants to buy land in <a href=\"https:\/\/vihiga.go.ke\/countys-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vihiga<\/a>, a county in western Kenya.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"38\">In the 10-second clip, Trump can be heard saying: &#8220;I would like to buy some land&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202506130321.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 East Africa <a title=\"Kenya\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/east-africa\/kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IN SHORT: In a video circulating on social media, US president Donald Trump apparently says he wants to buy land in western Kenya to grow &#8220;misheveve&#8221;, or pumpkin leaves. However, the video is fake. &#8220;Trumpp set to buy land in Kenya,&#8221; reads the text on a video circulating on Instagram and TikTok. 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