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Watch Trump and South Africa’s president in tense exchange during Oval Office ambush

Donald Trump confronted South Africa’s president over unsubstantiated claims of genocide against white farmers in South Africa in a tense Oval Office exchange on Wednesday (21 May).

The Independent UK

Trump’s Ramaphosa ‘ambush’: Key takeaways from heated White House meeting

Trump showed videos of South Africans singing ‘Kill the Boer,’ alleging genocide against white Afrikaners.

Al Jazeera

Fact check: Do Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims to Ramaphosa hold up?

US president claims white South African farmers face systematic killings, echoing debunked white genocide narratives.

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South Africa’s honeybush sector must transform from its unjust past: what needs to change

The biodiversity economy is made up of businesses and economic activities that use living species and ecosystems to make profits without damaging the environment. But in South Africa, it is haunted by economic racism, with Indigenous people still not in control of the biodiversity economy. A good example of what’s…

The Conversation

Els And Goosen: Golfers Dragged Into Trump's Ambush Of S.Africa Leader

Former world number one golfer, Ernie Els, declared himself a "proud South African" as he was dragged into the ambush of his country's leader Cyril Ramaphosa by US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

International Business Times

‘Buying himself some more votes’: TikTok exposes brutal truth of homeless Americans while Trump offers South Africans free luxury living

President Trump is trying to appeal to the most cynical corners of his base.

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Trump uses photos from wrong country as evidence of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa

Trump appeared to mistake an article about violence in the DRC for the ‘burial sites of white farmers’ in South Africa

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‘It’s literally an SNL skit’: Trump gives South Africa the ‘full Zelenskyy treatment’ in oval office disaster filled with false claims

This time Trump brought props.

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First Thing: Two Israeli embassy employees shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum

Police say suspect, named as Elias Rodriguez of Chicago, is in custody. Plus, Trump hectors South African president with false claims of ‘white genocide’

The Guardian - UK

‘He’s about to blow’: Donald Trump’s fragile facade crumbles before South African President as guilt sends him into defensive spiral

Seems like this $400 million jet bribe is quite the sore point.

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Donald Trump ambushes South African president with false 'white genocide' claims

President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to confront South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing his country of failing to address…

The National (Scotland)

‘Always grifting’: Donald Trump humiliated after using photo from wrong country in South African ‘genocide’ claim

A swing and a miss, Mr. President!

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Trump falsely says South Africans fleeing ‘white genocide’ to Australia in chaotic meeting with Ramaphosa

South Africa doesn’t rank in top 10 countries of origin for humanitarian entrants to Australia

The Independent UK

Trump news at a glance: Ramaphosa keeps his cool in Trump’s ‘orchestrated show for the cameras’

The South African president insists the meeting went ‘very well’ despite Trump publicly berating him. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 21 May 2025

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The Guardian - AU

Trump falsely claims Australia being ‘inundated’ by white South Africans fleeing ‘genocide’

‘They’re being executed,’ US president tells Cyril Ramaphosa in chaotic meeting in Oval Office

Latin Times

South African Politician Claps Back After Trump Showed Video of Him to Support Claims of White 'Genocide'

South African politician Julius Malema responded to criticism from Trump, who played video footage of Malema as evidence of "white genocide" in South Africa.

Euronews

Trump confronts South Africa's Ramaphosa with baseless claims of systematic killing of white farmers

Trump accused South Africa’s government, led by President Cyril Ramaphosa of not addressing what his administration believe is a genocide on white minorities in a tense meeting in the Oval Office.

The Guardian - US

Sinister Trump dims the lights for another White House ambush

Like a Bond villain startling guests with noxious gas, the president pushed his 'white genocide’ delusion to Cyril Ramaphosa

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The Independent UK

Trump confronted South African president with ‘evidence’ of genocide – here’s what the video really showed

The president claimed he was showing footage of a mass ‘burial site’ of over a thousand slain white farmers in an off-the-rails Oval Office meeting on Wednesday. It was actually just a memorial service

Salon

Trump pushes "genocide" in Oval Office

Trump screened a video for the South African president, claiming that white farmers in the country were imperiled

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Trump confronts South African president, NSW floods warning, Spurs claim Europa trophy

US president makes baseless claims about killings of whites in South Africa; BoM says parts of NSW could be hit by 300mm

Al Jazeera

Can Ramaphosa charm offensive help fix South Africa’s ties with Trump’s US?

South African leader keeps calm in the face of an ‘ambush’ by Donald Trump about false ‘white genocide’ claims.

The Guardian - US

Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims ignore the reality of life and crime in South Africa

US president intoned ‘death, death, death’ as he waved articles purporting to show violence against white minority

The Independent UK

Ernie Els, Retief Goosen join South African president in White House meeting with Trump

Ernie Els and Retief Goosen spent the day before the Senior PGA Championship as guests of the South African president in a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House

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‘Unmitigated disaster’: Trump ready to humiliate U.S. by bullying South African President while world leaders watch in horror

Things may heat up between the two nations.

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