Trump Confronts Cyril Ramaphosa – Shows Film with “Evidence” of Genocide
Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa when the two leaders met at the White House on Wednesday. After an initially friendly conversation, the presidents began talking about the situation for whites in South Africa.
Donald Trump then chose to play a film that he believes proves that genocide is taking place against white South Africans, an accusation he has repeatedly leveled at the country.
– Turn off the lights and play it, Trump tells his staff before the film is shown to Ramaphosa and the reporters in the room.
After the film was shown, Trump and Ramaphosa continued a long and heated discussion. Trump accused, among other things, the South African government of confiscating land from white farmers.
– No, no, no. Nobody can take land, says Ramaphosa.
Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa when the two leaders met at the White House on Wednesday. After an initially friendly conversation, the presidents began talking about the situation for whites in South Africa.
Donald Trump then chose to play a film that he believes proves that genocide is taking place against white South Africans, an accusation he has repeatedly leveled at the country.
– Turn off the lights and play it, Trump tells his staff before the film is shown to Ramaphosa and the reporters in the room.
After the film was shown, Trump and Ramaphosa continued a long and heated discussion. Trump accused, among other things, the South African government of confiscating land from white farmers.
– No, no, no. Nobody can take land, says Ramaphosa.
Analysis: Ramaphosa kept his cool – could have been worse
Many point to the similarities between Wednesday's heated exchange between Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and what happened when Zelensky visited the White House in late February. The meeting between Trump and Ramaphosa derailed when the American president showed a film that he claims proves that genocide is taking place against whites in South Africa.
"A strange scene," writes Anthony Zurcher in an analysis in the BBC. He believes that Ramaphosa kept his cool in a completely different way than Zelensky did when Trump attacked the Ukrainian president.
"Ramaphosa may not leave Washington with the trade deals he had hoped for, but he also survived what could have been a much harder blow to US-South Africa relations," he writes.
CNN's Larry Madowo writes that nothing could have prepared Ramaphosa for the ambush that Trump had prepared for the meeting. There is no evidence that the accusations that Trump made against the South African president are true, he says.
“I expect the next meeting between the leaders, which will take place without any cameras present, will be extremely tense,” he writes.
The president's first words about the meeting: “It went very well”
Cyril Ramaphosa says that the meeting between him and Donald Trump at the White House “went very well,” reports AFP. The South African president gave a quick comment to reporters on the spot after Donald Trump launched a harsh attack on him.
The US president showed, among other things, a film that he claims proves that genocide against whites is taking place in South Africa. Trump also made several harsh accusations against Ramaphosa and his government.
“I have never seen anything like it,” Trump said, among other things, after the film was shown.
Many point to the similarities between Wednesday's heated exchange between Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and what happened when Zelensky visited the White House in late February. The meeting between Trump and Ramaphosa derailed when the American president showed a film that he claims proves that genocide is taking place against whites in South Africa.
"A strange scene," writes Anthony Zurcher in an analysis in the BBC. He believes that Ramaphosa kept his cool in a completely different way than Zelensky did when Trump attacked the Ukrainian president.
"Ramaphosa may not leave Washington with the trade deals he had hoped for, but he also survived what could have been a much harder blow to US-South Africa relations," he writes.
CNN's Larry Madowo writes that nothing could have prepared Ramaphosa for the ambush that Trump had prepared for the meeting. There is no evidence that the accusations that Trump made against the South African president are true, he says.
“I expect the next meeting between the leaders, which will take place without any cameras present, will be extremely tense,” he writes.
The president's first words about the meeting: “It went very well”
Cyril Ramaphosa says that the meeting between him and Donald Trump at the White House “went very well,” reports AFP. The South African president gave a quick comment to reporters on the spot after Donald Trump launched a harsh attack on him.
The US president showed, among other things, a film that he claims proves that genocide against whites is taking place in South Africa. Trump also made several harsh accusations against Ramaphosa and his government.
“I have never seen anything like it,” Trump said, among other things, after the film was shown.
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