During a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Donald Trump stunned South African President Cyril Ramaphosa by presenting a series of graphic videos portraying incendiary political rhetoric and violence allegedly targeting white farmers. The footage, played in full view of the press during the public portion of the meeting, featured leaders from a radical South African opposition party chanting for the seizure of land and inciting violence against the country’s white farming population—referred to as Boers—while crowds responded in kind.
Trump paused the video to emphasize the final scene: a field of grave markers. “These are burial sites,” Trump told the cameras. “Over a thousand. All white farmers. Those cars? Families paying their respects.” As Ramaphosa glanced at the screen, visibly caught off guard, Trump declared the situation “unprecedented” and “shocking”—a direct challenge to South Africa’s official narrative.
Forcing the South African President to watch politicians in South Africa call for white genocide is incredible diplomacy.
Other administrations would’ve just had a standard meeting and press conference… Trump is actually trying to save lives.
pic.twitter.com/rss9PG231n— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) May 21, 2025
Ramaphosa responded cautiously, asking for the origin of one of the clips. Trump insisted it came from South Africa. “We’ll need to verify that,” Ramaphosa replied.
The exchange grew more tense as Trump shifted from images to accusations. Ramaphosa attempted to contextualize the footage, pointing out that the inflammatory remarks came from a fringe minority party operating within South Africa’s multiparty democracy—an arrangement, he noted, that permits political speech even when it runs counter to government policy. “That’s not our government,” he said.
Trump cut in. “They’re taking land. White farmers are being killed. And nothing is happening.” When Ramaphosa rejected the claim of land seizures, Trump pushed back. “Then explain why no one’s being punished.” The room fell silent as the South African president hesitated.
For Trump, the moment served a dual purpose: exposing what he called the global double standard on racial violence, and signaling support to constituencies concerned about white persecution abroad. For Ramaphosa, it was a high-stakes diplomatic ambush—broadcast live from the heart of American power.
Liberals have tried to downplay what’s happening in South Africa.
A CNN panelist tired to dismiss concerns that white farmers in South Africa are being targeted.
Scott Jennings hit back with an important question.
"If it's not a genocide today, how many do we want to let get murdered so that people around here can be satisfied?" pic.twitter.com/z5x3bBO4Gq
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 21, 2025
Some have argued that the only reason liberals aren’t up in arms over the matter is because of the ethnicity of the refugees.
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No farmers= No Food = food riots OK So Africa