5 Takeaways From Trump’s Meeting With South African President Ramaphosa

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Trump accused Ramaphosa of allowing violence against South Africa’s predominantly white farming communities.

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on May 21 confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with allegations of mass violence against Afrikaners, prompting pushback from the African leader.

The Oval Office meeting occurred during heightened tensions between the two countries over the issue. The United States recently received its first group of white South Africans who were granted refugee status.

Here are five key moments from the approximately hour-long meeting.

‘Turn the Lights Down’

A tense moment during the meeting occurred when Trump presented videos showing evidence of “Afrikaner genocide” in South Africa, after Ramaphosa had rejected the claims, denying that any such killings were taking place.

In a dramatic scene, Trump said, “Turn the lights down. Turn the lights down,” before playing a video.

The video, several minutes long, showed crowds at rallies calling for white farmers to be shot, followed by scenes of what Trump described as burial sites for white farmers in South Africa.

“These are burial sites right here. Burial sites of over 1,000 white farmers,” Trump said, speaking over the video.

“Each one of those white things you see is a cross,” he said, pointing to the screen.

“Those cars aren’t driving,” Trump continued, referring to the cars lined up at the burial site. “They stopped there to pay respects to their family member who was killed, and it’s a terrible sight. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

As the video played, Ramaphosa looked away.

“I’d like to know where that is, because this I’ve never seen,” he said.

“I mean, it’s in South Africa,” Trump responded.

Trump’s Stack of Articles

As the video footage ended, a South African reporter asked Trump what he’d like Ramaphosa to do about the violent attacks on white farmers.

“I don’t know,” Trump replied, before continuing his presentation with a stack of news articles that further described violent attacks on white people in South Africa.

“These are articles over the last few days. Death of people, death, death, death, horrible death, death,” Trump said as he flipped through the printouts. “I don’t know. Pick any one: ‘White South Africans are fleeing because of the violence and racist laws.’”

As he thumbed through the printouts, Trump also rebuked a reporter who sought to pivot from the discussion about violence in South Africa by asking a question about Qatar’s offer to give the U.S. Department of Defense a Boeing 747-8 to temporarily use as the new Air Force One.

On Feb. 7, Trump issued an executive order suspending all U.S. foreign aid to South Africa. The order also stated that the Trump administration would promote the resettlement of “Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation” in South Africa.

On May 12, nearly 60 white South Africans arrived in the United States as the first group granted asylum under the president’s resettlement program.

By Emel Akan and Ryan Morgan

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