The South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit took a dramatic turn when he visited the White House on Wednesday as President Donald Trump confronted him with video compilation of demonstrated ‘white genocide’.
Ramaphosa had visited U.S. with the hope of reaching new agreement on trade but refuted the allegation stating that the videos circulating on social media do not represent government policy.
Trump wanted to talk about baseless allegations that white farmers in his country were being systematically singled out for persecution and murder.
U.S. President brought a TV into the Oval Office in front of the South African President Who appeared speechless when Trump said: “Turn the lights down. Turn the lights down and just put this on.”
For roughly four minutes, the video showed Black politicians — none part of Ramaphosa’s government or political party — using anti-apartheid chants about attacking white South Africans and calling for genocide
The video ended with footage of rows of white crosses, which Trump said represented slain white farmers.
Ramaphosa who appeared skeptical encouraged Trump to listen to other members of his delegation, including pro golfers Ernie Els, Retief Goosen and Johann Rupert, an Afrikaner and luxury goods tycoon who is South Africa’s richest person.
Rupert intoned: “We have too many deaths. And it’s across the board. It’s not only white farmers.”
He added that “we need Starlink at every local police station,” referencing a satellite internet service created by Elon Musk, however the South African-born billionaire standing on the other side of the room claimed that he can’t get a license to operate in South Africa because he’s white.
Rupert gave a nod to some shared history with Trump to emphasize his country’s potential.
“You and I lived in New York in the 70s. We never thought that New York could be what it became,” he said. He said he was so confident in South Africa’s future that he was building cottages for his grandchildren on a farm, and “I often go to bed without locking the door.”
Despite the refutation by Ramaphosa and his delegation, Trump had insisted on the white genocide while he schooled the South African president on freedom of the press.
“This is a very serious situation. If we had a real news or press media, we don’t have that because they won’t talk about this but if we had a real press, it would be exposed. And you know the beauty of exposing it is like cleansing action, when it get expose, it’ll get fixed.
“But people don’t talk about it. And I’ll tell you who is talking about it, thousands of people that are fleeing South Africa right now.”
Trump’s administration has welcomed dozens of Afrikaners to the U.S. as refugees, saying they face discrimination and violence at home.
Ramaphosa rejected allegations of genocide in South Africa, which has a painful history with race.
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