US EditionTrump Shows Video Claiming 'White Genocide' to South African President in Oval Office Meeting
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump held a meeting with South Africa's leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, at the White House to address allegations of genocide against white farmers in South Africa.
- Trump confronted Ramaphosa after amplifying assertions that white farmers, mainly Afrikaners, face targeted killings linked to South Africa's Expropriation Act, which Ramaphosa defends as constitutional land reform.
- During the meeting, Trump played a video showing inflammatory political rally clips and an unverified burial site claimed to hold thousands of white farmers, while Ramaphosa denied any genocide and highlighted South Africa's high crime rates affecting mostly Black victims.
- Trump called the violence a genocide, stating "It's a genocide that's taking place that you people don't want to write about," while experts like Anthony Kaziboni and South African parties reject the genocide label, citing robbery-motivated violence without state-sponsored intent.
- The meeting underscored tensions over racial violence and land policy in South Africa, with Trump offering refuge to white South Africans and cutting funding over alleged discrimination, while Ramaphosa urged calm dialogue to reset US-South Africa relations.
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