According to Reuters, the gathering was tense. Donald Trump showed Cyril Ramaphosie films and pictures. The charges were to be unfounded. The situation resembled Donald Trump's stormy encounter with Volodymyr Zelenski in February.
Ramaphosa arrived in Washington with the hope of improving relations with the US and discussing trade. Donald Trump, however, went to "attack". He presented a recording showing white crosses, according to him symbolizing graves of murdered white farmers and fragments of speeches by South African politicians, including Julius Malema. The president of the United States suggested his arrest.
The recording came from a September 2020 protest, organized after the execution of 2 people on the farm. Crosses, as the protest organizer explained in an interview with South African media, were to symbolize all farmers who had died over the years – they were not real graves.
“We have many people who feel they are being persecuted and coming to the United States,” Trump said. “So we take from many... places if we feel that there is persecution or genocide,” he added, referring to white farmers from South Africa.
People flee South Africa for their own safety. Their land is confiscated, and in many cases they are killed," said the president, repeating the thesis of "white genocide", popular among the far right.
Elon Musk, a South African billionaire and Trump's ally who besides participated in the gathering at the Oval Office, supported this openly, although, as Trump pointed out, he did not talk to "not be unfair to him".
Trump's clash with South Africa's president
– If there were a genocide of African farmers, I can bet that these 3 gentlemen would not be here," said Ramaphos and pointed to white members of his delegation – well-known golfers Ernie Elsa and Retief Goosen and billionaire Johann Rupert
Trump, however, continued. “We have thousands of stories talking about it, we have documents, we have news,” Trump said, presenting printed articles that he claimed included photographs of white South African citizens killed. He repeated "death, death" and handed it to Ramaphos.
South African president pointed out that his country is actually facing crime, but most of the victims are black. Trump interrupted him by saying, "The farmers are not black."
– These are issues we are ready to talk to you about," Ramaphos answered. He cited Nelson Mandela’s example and concluded the conversation peacefully. Trump, however, remained relentless, stressing, "I will say apartheid, terrible".
The South African president has powerfully denied the charges. “There is no genocide in South Africa,” he said.
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