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Overview

South Africans expressed dismay on Thursday at how U.S. President Donald Trump's false claims of a white genocide dominated a conversation with President Cyril Ramaphosa, and many wondered if his trip to Washington was worth the trouble.
Ramaphosa included popular white South African golfers in his delegation and he had hoped talks with Trump in the White House on Wednesday would reset relations with the United States, which have nosedived since the U.S. leader took office in January.

But Trump spent most of the conversation confronting his visitor with false claims that South Africa's white minority farmers are being systematically murdered and having their land seized.

more: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africans-praise-ramaphosa-keeping-cool-amid-trump-attack-2025-05-22/