At White House, Trump confronts South African President over white genocide claims

US President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday over what he described as the “killing” of white farmers in South Africa, a claim Pretoria has repeatedly rejected as false and misleading.

What began as a cordial meeting quickly turned tense when Trump played a video he said showed “burial sites” of white South African farmers. “These are burial sites right here... over a thousand... they're all White farmers,” Trump said, narrating the footage, which showed white crosses lined along a road.

Ramaphosa, sitting mostly expressionless as the video played, responded that he had not seen the footage before and would like to know its origin. Trump then flipped through printed articles and declared, “Death, death,” as he highlighted cases of white South Africans allegedly killed in attacks.