Trump throws himself as a protector of persecuted white

In the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Trump positioned himself as South Africans.

Mr. Trump sat next to Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of South Africa, and said white people were “executed”. He kept referring to “dead white”. He dressed Mr. Ramaphosa, who helped his country ward off the racist policy of apartheid, and asked why he didn't do more than white people were killed.

“I don't know how to explain that,” said Mr. Trump. “How do you explain that?”

The American President was not very interested in the answer, namely that police statistics do not show that whites are more susceptible to violent crimes than other people in South Africa.

The confrontation provided a lively demonstration by Mr. Trump's views of the breed that has attributed his political life to the years. After Mr. Trump has partly increased to power by framing himself as a protector of White America, he used his platform, in this case the Oval Office, to increase claims to white complaint.

For Mr. Trump, white are the real victims; Blacks and minorities have received an unfair advantage in the United States. And when Mr. Trump looks to South Africa, a majority of black land that emerges from an inheritance of apartheid and colonialism, he sees whites that need a refuge in the United States.

Mr. Ramaphosa referred to the teachings of his old mentor, Nelson Mandela, and advocated courtesy in dialogue between the two leaders.