Trump ambushes South African president in Oval Office with claims of ‘white persecution’ | BBC News

Trump ambushes South African president in Oval Office with claims of ‘white persecution’ | BBC News



US President Donald Trump has confronted South Africa Leader Cyril Ramaphosa with a video over discredited claims of a “white genocide” in South Africa.

The footage, shown during a news conference, purported to show the gravesites of murdered farmers. The US president said the video supported his claim that white farmers were being “persecuted” in the country, but did not say where it was filmed.

Ramaphosa – who appeared to weigh up carefully how to respond – disputed Trump’s allegation. He said black people were far more likely to be victims of violence in South Africa than white people.

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25 thoughts on “Trump ambushes South African president in Oval Office with claims of ‘white persecution’ | BBC News

  1. "Be careful that, while fighting the monster, you do not become a monster yourself."

    Its crazy how the people of my own race who use to fight against slavery and racism, has themselves turned to racists and mosnters. What will you get in killing one another?

  2. Trump spreading lies about South Africa just shows how far he’ll go to push fear and division. The “white genocide” claim is a racist conspiracy theory with no basis in fact. Black South Africans suffer the most from crime, not white farmers. Once again, Trump plays the global bully—meddling in another country’s issues without understanding the reality. Dangerous, irresponsible, and typical of his ego-driven politics. 😡🌍

  3. Not a single news channel is covering real speeches from any top leaders that go against their propaganda of how amazing America is in helping others but truth can never be hidden for long. Those who want to see real news should look everywhere else but American news channels like Raore’s and Quao’s speech to IMF claiming with excessive records how the West has been looting African resources for SO long in the name of democracy and what all are consequences of the locals really going through because of constant financial oppression from the West. Also, Shashi Tharoor’s speech which debunks Trump’s claim and the West’s claim of marketing India-pakistan war as a ‘neighborhood clash’ instead of calling it cross border terr*rism where innocent tourists were killed in broad daylight in front of their kids and families.

    The West will have to pay the price of the consequences of its leaders sooner if not later. UK and Canada are the prime example of supporting terrorists- now their young girls and women (as usual) are bearing the brunt of this. Canada is the world’s end target in trafficking so to say followed closely by US. USA will pretty soon feel a fraction of this pain in no time because of Trump’s personal deals with Saudi and pakistani leaders, who are known terr*rist headquarters and by allowing them access to USA. If we don’t wake up now, it’ll be SO darn late!

  4. BBC in UK is sadly owned by a majority of Pakistani terrorists who have wiggled their way to the top along with the so-called exploitative top Western leaders who have been taking advantage of the African resources and looting them in broad daylight in the names of charity and goodwill. You think they want you to know what they have been really doing since the end of colonialism? What if you were told all the African pictures of children starving and people living in such poverty was a humongous outcome of the West’s post-colonial modern looting? Listen to news like First Post as they have claimed to at least give nothing but the truth, exactly what the world needs right now!

  5. How we see things
    We see facts and truth. The BBC sees lies and twists the truth. A black S african woman chimed in.and said WOMEN WERE BEING RAPED IN S AFRICA.
    IN WW2 PEOPLE COULD TRUST THE BBC. NOW THEY ATE PROVEN. LIARS
    ESPECIALLY ABOUT ISRAEL.
    BDS THE BBC
    PURE POLITICAL POISON

  6. I dont think the label "Genocide" is the correct one to use but the media keeps on twisting the fact that white people in South Africa are treated poorly on the basis of their skin by the corrupt ANC government. The taking of our property without compensation is just an example.

  7. Leftover word and it’s called democratic ambush Great Britain 🇬🇧 lost their luster in the worlds 🌎 light good luck bbc I still love England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 just not the government

  8. We knew Trump is racist, without a doubt. Said that; Elon Musk have real deep-rooted Hate of Black people. Musk gives all that money to Trump and told Trump what to say and what to do. IT IS ELON MUSK. I don't understand why Media do not expose Elon Musk's hate out in the open.

  9. World solution is mostly important world war 3 ??? Aim of the war small cuntry s??? Aaj Ucreain ki bari kal konsi cuntry ki bari ????? Not accept Number Bom of under the cuntry s wow????? All world countries living hoap of disition of Earth seaf ya the End ???????

  10. It is a shame that trump does not reconise the genocide of white south Africans, Palestinians, Ukrainians. Perhaps it not to us benefit? don you are not the world king!!!!

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