Trump confronts South Africa's Ramaphosa with baseless claims of systematic killing of white farmers
Trump accused South Africa’s government, led by President Cyril Ramaphosa of not addressing what his administration believe is a genocide on white minorities in a tense meeting in the Oval Office.
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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump hosted his visiting South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House.
00:08The meeting, at least for Ramaphosa, was aimed at resetting strained U.S.-South African ties.
00:14But Trump used the meeting to confront Ramaphosa over baseless allegations of systematic killing of white farmers.
00:20These are articles over the last few days.
00:23Death of people. Death. Death. Death. Horrible death. Death.
00:36I must tell you, Mr. President, we have had a tremendous number of people, especially since they've seen this.
00:42Generally, they're white farmers and they're fleeing South Africa.
00:47And it's a very sad thing to see. But I hope we can have an explanation of that.
00:54Ramaphosa, eager to not feature in a repeat of an Oval Office showdown like that of Zelensky's in February, de-escalated as he countered Trump's claims.
01:03I really would like us to talk about it very calmly.
01:08We were taught by Nelson Mandela that whenever there are problems, people need to sit down around the table and talk about it.
01:17It will take President Trump listening to the voices of South Africans, some of whom are his good friends, like those who are here.
01:27When we have talks between us at a quiet table, it will take President Trump to listen to them.
01:34Despite the heated exchange in which Trump played videos on a large TV of an opposition party leader, Julius Malema, leading a controversial chant,
01:43he invited Ramaphosa and his team to a private lunch for further discussions.
01:48Following the meeting, Ramaphosa downplayed Trump's criticisms, adding that their private meeting was not centered around his concern regarding white farmers.
