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Donald Trump attacks South African President of the White House by playing videos in which “genocide” is claimed, | World news

Donald Trump attacks South African President of the White House by playing videos in which “genocide” is claimed, | World news

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During a meeting of the White House, Donald Trump attacked the President of the South Africa by playing a video that allegedly shows evidence of a “genocide” of the white farmers in the African country.

The US President, the leader executed Cyril Ramaphosa In the Oval Office, the film material said, the graves of more than a thousand white farmers and “It's a terrible sight … I've never seen anything like this. These people are all killed”.

After a first friendly conversation where Mr. Trump Complimented South African golfers in the room, the assembly of clips was played when MR Ramaphosa was quiet and mostly expressionless. He later said: “I would like to know where it is because that is [the alleged burial site in the video] I've never seen it before “.

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Donald Trump meets Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office. Image: AP

The lights were found in the Oval Office in the videos shown, including from South African Officials are supposedly demanding violence against white farmers.

The scene in the heart of the administration of the White House was reminiscent of Mr. Trump's ambush of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in February.

But later, when he went to the White House after about three hours, Mr. Ramaphosa insisted that his meeting with Mr. Trump went “very well”.

The official account of the White House on X published the film material, which was shown in the Oval Office, and said that it was “proof of persecution in South Africa”.

South Africa has rejected the claim that white people are disproportionately targeted by crime.

The clips included one of a communist politician who played a controversial anti-apartheid song that contains texts to kill a farmer.

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Mr. Trump accused South Africa of not addressing the murder of white farmers.

“We have a lot of people who have the feeling that they are persecuted and they come to the USA. So we take many places when we feel that persecution or genocide are going to go,” said the US President and referred to white farmers.

He added: “People flee from South Africa because of their own security. Your country is confiscated and in many cases they are killed.”

Mr. Trump played on people in the videos and said: “These are people who are officers and they say … kill the white farmers and take their country.”

The US President then showed printed copies of news articles, of which he said they showed white South Africans who had been killed and said “death, death” when he flipped them through.

He added an article: “Here are funeral centers everywhere, these are all white farmers who are buried.”

President Trump and President Ramaphosa look at a screen on which videos were played. Image: Reuters
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Mr. Trump and Mr. Ramaphosa look at a screen on which videos were played. Image: Reuters

The South African leader rejects allegations

Mr. Ramaphosa has put himself back against Mr. Trump's accusations by replacing: “What you saw, who were talking about that is not a government policy. We have a multi -party democracy in South Africa, which enables people to express themselves, political parties to stick to different political.

“And in many cases or in some cases, these guidelines are not in government policy.

“Our government policy is completely against what it is [a person in the video montage] I even said in parliament. And they are a small minority party that may exist in relation to our constitution. “

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An unpleasant meeting in which facts were rejected as difference in opinion

The screens, the pictures and President Trump's prerequisite for a “bloodbath” point to one thing – this ambush was planned.

When the screams of fear and violent rhetoric repeated in the Oval Office, President Ramaphosa shot his neck with a strict expression to observe the “evidence” of a repeated “white genocide” in his country.

He just made up to question the place of the videos – to which Mr. Trump almost answered with a “Duh” case “South Africa” ​​- and then urged to lead his team to verify her.

That was the unique point of the direct default of the South African leader in an unpleasant meeting, in which facts were rejected as difference in opinion and outdated videos were played as contributing messages.

For the rest of the meeting, Nelson Mandela's former chief negotiator kept the charm offensive – and appealed to Mr. Trump's ego in every sharp turn, while the black South Africans are disproportionately influenced by the shattering murder rate of the country.

The charm and calm may appear in this sword fight like blunt knives, but are necessary for peacekeeping in a meeting, in which 6 billion GBP hangs in balance.

South Africa has the most to lose when bilateral relationships worsen.

In just five months, the Trump government cut off important humanitarian aid, including the HIV support, which South Africa is the largest beneficiary. proven ambassador of South Africa; And offered the refugee status of the white South Africans when millions of black Africans suffer on the entire continent.

The potential senselessness of Mr. Ramaphosa's strategy came into the vision when cameras remained on the back of the oval office at the end of the meeting to show a stony elon musk.

The false claims of White Völkermur-Muschus have campaigned on X, now a powder barrel in African relationships between the USA and South Africa, as he works to licens Starlink in his home country. A business strategy with which even South Africa's iconic negotiators may not be able to assert themselves.

Mr. Ramaphosa also said about Mr. Trump's behavior: “We are completely against it.”

The South African leader said that there were crimes in his country and that the majority of the victims were black. Mr. Trump cut him off and said: “The farmers are not black.” The South African President replied: “These are concerns that we would like to talk to you about.”

A video was played during the meeting of the White House. Image: AP
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A video was played during the meeting of the White House. Image: AP

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Mr. Trump canceled help, the ambassador of South Africa and the white minority offered african refuge Based on racial discrimination claims, of which Pretoria says, are unfounded.

Experts in South Africa said that there are no evidence that white ones are targeted, although farmers of all breeds are victims of violent home vasions in a country that suffers from a very high crime rate.

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