Trump confronts the South African guide with unfounded claims about white farmers

Washington (AP) – President Donald Trump used a meeting of the White House to violently confront the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, The country accused the country of not addressing Trump's unfounded claim to the systematic murder of white farmers.

Trump even stretched the lights of the oval office to play a video of a far -left politician who sang a song that contains the texts “Kill the Farmer”. He also leafed news articles to underline his point of view, and said that the white farmers of the country had suspended “death, death, death, terrible death”.

Trump had already shortened all US support in South Africa and welcomed several dozen white South African farmers in the United States as refugees when he pushed the case “Genocide” is underway in the country.

The US President has been in office since returning Started a number of accusations in the black government of South Africa and claims that it takes land from white farmers who enforce antikhite politics and Persecution of an anti -American foreign policy.

Experts in South Africa say that there are no evidence that white are aligned for their breed, although farmers of all breeds are victims of violent home vasions in a country with a high crime rate.

“People flee from South Africa for their own security,” said Trump. “Your country is confiscated and in many cases they are killed.”

Ramaphosa pushed back against Trump's accusation. The South African leader had tried to use the meeting to make the record clear and save the relationship of his country to the United States. The bilateral relationship has been the lowest since South Africa has enforced its apartheid system of the racial regulation that ended in 1994.

“We are completely against it,” said Ramaphosa about Trump's behavior in her exchange. He added: “This is not a government policy” and “Our government policy is completely against what he said.”

Trump was unmoved.

“If you take the country, they kill the white farmers,” he said.

Trump seemed ready to confront ramaphosa at the beginning of the meeting while journalists were present. Videos were recorded on a large television to show a clip of an opposition party leader, Julius Malema, who led an old anti-apartheid song.

The song has been controversial in the country for years because its central texts “Kill the Boer” and “Shoot the Boer” – with Buren a word that refers to a white farmer. Malema, which can be seen in the video, is not part of the country's government coalition.

Another clip showed white crosses on the side of the road, which was described as a monument to white farmers who were killed. Ramaphosa seemed to be amazed. “I would like to know where that is, because I've never seen that before.”

Trump started the meeting by describing the South African president as “really viewed in many, many circles”. He added: “And in some circles it is considered to be little controversial.”

Ramaphosa interfered and hit a US president in a playful way who is no stranger to controversy. “We are all like that,” said Ramaphosa.

Trump card gave an executive regulation All financing in February South Africa About some of his domestic and foreign policies. The Order criticized the South African government on several fronts and said Palestinian militant group Hamas And Iran.

Trump incorrectly accused the South African government Contributions to rights against White African farmers By taking your country through a new expropriation law. No country was confiscated and the South African government has pushed back, which is driven by the US criticism of misinformation.

The information from the Trump government on the African people, the descendants of Dutch and other European settlers -have also increased earlier claims from Trump The consultant Elon Musk, born in South Africa And some conservative US commentators that enable the South African government attacks on white farmers in a genocide.

The government's concerns about South African politics have even deeper than the concerns about the white farmers.

South Africa has also annoyed Trump's step to raise charges in front of the International Court of Justice and accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Ramaphosa was also exposed to the examination in Washington in relation to its previous connections to the MTN Group, the second largest telecommunications provider of Iran. It has almost half of Irancell, a joint venture associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Ramaphosa was CEO of MTN from 2002 to 2013.

Ramaphosa came into the meeting to avoid the controversial commitment that the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Find out during his Oval Office visit in February when the Ukrainian leader of Trump and Vice President JD Vance was insulted. This catastrophic meeting It ended that officials from the White House Zelenskyy and his delegation ask to leave the site of the White House.

The delegation of the South African President included the golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, a gesture for the US president observed by Golf. Ramaphosa brought Trump a massive book about the golf courses in South Africa. He even said Trump that he had worked on his golf game and that he had an invitation to the connections to the president.

The luxury goods Tycoon and African Johann Rupert were also in the delegation to relieve Trump's concerns that the country was confiscated by white farmers.

At one point, Ramaphosa Zingiswa Losi, the President of a group of South African unions, asked that South Africa is a “violent nation” for several reasons. But she told him that it was important to understand that black men and women in rural areas were also targeted in hideous crimes.

“The problem in South Africa, it's not necessarily about breed, but it's about crimes,” said Losi. “We are here to say how we, both nations, work together to put back in order to really talk about investments, but also to help … to really tackle the crime levels in our country.”

Musk also took part in the talks on Wednesday. He was at the top of his home criticism and occupied his positive laws of action as racist against white.

Musk said on social media that his Starlink satellite internet service cannot receive a license for the company in South Africa because he is not black.

The South African authorities say that Starlink was not officially applied. It can, but it would be tied to positive measures in the communication sector, according to which foreign companies enable 30% of their South African subsidiaries to be from shareholders who are black or other racial groups that were disadvantaged under apartheid.

The South African government says that its longstanding laws on the positive action are a cornerstone of their efforts to correct the injustices of the white minority of apartheid, the blacks and other groups of races refused to make opportunities.

After the controversial exchange in front of the cameras, Trump organized Ramaphosa for lunch and further conversations.

Ramaphosa, who spoke to reporters after his visit to the White House, played down Trump's criticism and added that he believed that “there are doubts and unbelief in (Trumps) head about his genocide.

“They wanted to see drama and something really big,” Ramaphosa told reporters after visiting the White House. “And I'm sorry that we have disappointed you a little when it comes to it.”

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Imray reported from Johannesburg. AP -writer Seung Min Kim, Chris Megerian, Darlene Superville, Sagar Meghani and Ali Swenson have contributed to the reporting.