Vice President JD Vance is taunting the Black Lives Matter motion with a provocative put up on social media after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda signed a brand new treaty on the White Home Friday.
The Trump administration helped dealer the peace deal, however questions stay about whether or not the settlement might help quell the decades-long violence in jap Congo, as a militia backed by Rwanda remains to be occupying elements of the DRC amid violent and bloody clashes, in keeping with CNN.
It’s unclear whether or not the militias have agreed to finish the combating and whether or not the 2 nations can help the U.S. authorities and American companies in accessing important minerals within the area, NBC Information reported.
President Donald Trump, who fancies himself “a peacemaker,” known as the pact a “fantastic treaty.”
“At the moment, the violence and destruction involves an finish, and all the area begins a brand new chapter of hope and alternative, concord, prosperity and peace,” Trump mentioned at a White Home assembly with the international ministers of the 2 international locations.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio led the treaty signing earlier within the day between DRC International Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner and her Rwandan counterpart, Olivier Nduhungirehe, on the U.S. Division of State.
Rubio lauded the settlement because the signing acquired underway, calling it “an vital second after 30 years of battle.”
“President Trump is a president of peace. He actually does need peace. He prioritizes it above all else.”
Vance commented on the event a day later, and he couldn’t assist jabbing the Black Lives Matter motion for some purpose.
“The peace treaty signing yesterday between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Rwanda was actually historic. That battle has killed greater than any since World Struggle 2, virtually all of them black,” Vance mentioned in a put up on the social media platform Blue Sky.
“I’m certain the leaders and supporters of the black lives matter motion will be a part of me in celebrating President Trump immediately, who has carried out extra to avoid wasting black lives than any chief in our nation,” he added.
Black Lives Matter responded Monday with its personal hilarious put up on the social media platform X.
“NURSE, HE’S OUT AGAIN!”
The group used that caption above a photograph of Vance and a screenshot of a Black Enterprise put up titled, “HE’S JOKING, RIGHT? JD VANCE WILDLY CLAIMS TRUMP HAS DONE ‘MORE TO SAVE BLACK LIVES THAN ANY LEADER.”
Social media erupted as MAGA supporters joined the refrain defending Vance amid BLM advocates’ outrage over the feedback.
“Trump freed blacks from jail. Biden / Harris helped put them there. What’s the confusion?” an X consumer mentioned.
One other offended poster claimed Vance isn’t improper. Consumer “A Gene Robinson” listed a string of accomplishments beneath Trump, together with a low unemployment price within the African-American neighborhood, everlasting federal funding for HBCUs, and alternative zones in Black neighborhoods, to call a number of.
“In the meantime, what has Black Lives Matter delivered? A pile of burned cities, hundreds of thousands in unaccounted donations, and an actual property portfolio that will make Wall Avenue blush,” he posted.
“You don’t converse for Black America. You don’t construct something. And mocking those that do solely exposes your fraud,” he added.
However a BlueSky consumer wasn’t having any of it, calling out the Trump administration for pandering on the one hand to realize entry to DRC minerals, whereas barring Congolese from the US.
“Racist MAGA Trump Regime. A presidential proclamation issued June 2025 positioned a ban on nationals from 12 international locations, together with the Republic of the Congo. Moreover, the U.S. has imposed restrictions on the forms of airports the place people just lately within the Republic of the Congo can arrive.
Racist MAGA Trump Regime 🙋♂️
A presidential proclamation issued June 2025 positioned a ban on nationals from 12 international locations, together with the Republic of the Congo. Moreover, the U.S. has imposed restrictions on the forms of airports the place people just lately within the Republic of the Congo can arrive.
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— klassmi.bsky.social (@klassmi.bsky.social) June 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
And one other BlueSky consumer put it extra bluntly than that.
“Fast query. Did Trump become involved as a result of he wished to avoid wasting black lives or as a result of he wished to strike mineral offers with every nation and the battle was in the best way of mining these minerals? I’m moderately certain it was the latter.”
