Overview

• President Trump played videos and presented documents in the Oval Office to support his unsubstantiated claims of a 'white genocide' against Afrikaner farmers in South Africa.
• South African President Cyril Ramaphosa refuted the allegations, emphasizing that farm attacks are part of broader criminality affecting all racial groups in the country.
• The meeting, requested by Ramaphosa, was intended to reset strained U.S.–South Africa relations, which have reached a low point following aid cuts and refugee admissions by the Trump administration.
• Trump's accusations center on South Africa's Expropriation Act, which he claims enables land confiscation from white farmers, though South African officials deny any land has been seized without due process.
• Elon Musk, a South African-born Trump ally and vocal critic of the South African government, attended the meeting, which also touched on trade and U.S. concerns about South Africa's foreign policy.