Trump confronts Ramaphosa over ‘white genocide’ | Fact-checking the Oval Office showdown - video Dailymotion

India Today

In May 2025, Donald Trump accused South African President Cyril Ramaphosa of allowing a "white genocide" in his country.

Transcript

00:00I'm sorry I don't have a plane to give you.

00:03I wish I did.

00:06If your country offered the United States Air Force a plane, I would take it.

00:10From publicly pressurizing Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky in February 2025

00:14to cornering South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa in May 2025,

00:18Donald Trump's Oval Office has turned into a stage for ambushing world leaders.

00:22These are articles over the last few days.

00:25Death of people. Death. Death. Death. Horrible death. Death.

00:37Did Trump accuse South Africa of committing white genocide?

00:41And is there any truth to that explosive claim?

00:44Here's the thing.

00:45Trump entered the meeting with South Africa president armed with videos and clippings.

00:49He claimed that white South African farmers were being slaughtered,

00:52forced off their land in what he called an ongoing genocide.

00:55Trump also mentioned that the US had received a plane with 49 African refugees.

01:00He claimed they were granted asylum because they were losing their land in South Africa

01:04and were targets of genocide.

01:06But is that really true?

01:07Let's be clear, white genocide is not a new term.

01:10It's a white nationalistic conspiracy theory.

01:13It suggests that there's a deliberate plan to wipe out the white populations

01:16through things like mass immigration, forced assimilation or violent attacks.

01:20These ideas have been popular in far-right circles for decades, especially online.

01:25Here are the facts.

01:26South Africa does have the world's highest murder rates.

01:29About 72 people are killed every day in a country of 60 million.

01:33But most of the victims? Black South Africans.

01:36In 2024, South African police recorded over 26,000 murders.

01:40Only 44 were linked to farming communities.

01:43And of those, just 8 victims were white farmers.

01:46There are roughly 2.7 million white Africaners in South Africa, descended mostly from Dutch

01:51and French settlers.

01:52That's about 4.5% of the population.

01:55In contrast, nearly 80% of South Africans are black.

01:58For decades, the country was under apartheid rule, a brutal system of racial segregation

02:03where white South Africans held all political and economic power.

02:06And earlier this year, the Western Cape High Court in South Africa ruled on this very issue.

02:11They stated clearly, the claims of white genocide are imagined, not real.

02:16The court even blocked a proposed donation to a white supremacist group,

02:19calling the genocide theory false and harmful.

02:21So why is Trump making these claims?

02:23Critics say it's a political strategy firing up a base that's already primed with fear and conspiracy.

02:29Death, death, death, horrible death.

Trump confronts Ramaphosa over ‘white genocide’ | Fact-checking the Oval Office showdown

Category

Transcript

Recommended