US EditionTrump Shows Video Claiming 'White Genocide' to South African President in Oval Office Meeting
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump held a discussion in the Oval Office with South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, addressing allegations that white farmers in South Africa are experiencing a targeted genocide.
- Trump intensified these claims amid recent admissions of 59 white South Africans to the U.S. as refugees, while Ramaphosa and experts have denied that a genocide is occurring.
- During the meeting, Trump showed Ramaphosa a video featuring inflammatory political rally clips and an unverified burial site allegedly holding thousands of white farmers.
- Trump stated, "This is very bad," and called the killing of white farmers a genocide, referencing the Expropriation Act, while Ramaphosa defended the law and constitutionality of land rights.
- The meeting underscored deep disagreements over South Africa's high crime rates, land reform, and racial tensions, with ongoing implications for U.S.-South Africa relations and refugee policy.
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Dim lights, TV 'evidence': Watch how Trump ambushed Ramaphosa with false claims of white genocide
The South African President had hoped to reset his country's relationship with the US, after Trump canceled aid, and criticised its genocide court case against Israel
A staged performance by the American president - The lights went out and he showed videos of black people shouting "murder white people" - He showed publications he had printed - Watch video
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