The talks between the two presidents Wednesday were aimed at repairing relations that have nosedived since Trump took office in January, since threatening high trade tariffs and expelling the South African ambassador.
A video aired during the meeting showed the leader of a fringe, radical opposition party chanting a song from the anti-apartheid struggle about “killing” white farmers.
“Donald Trump does not have facts about what is happening in South Africa,“ said 25-year-old saleswoman Naledi Morwalle. He was making “false accusations about our country,“ she said.
While some said Ramaphosa could have been more adamant in rejecting Trump’s baseless claims of a “white genocide”, others noted his calm pushback that the black South Africans suffer most from the high crime rate.
The video played during the meeting, which also showed rows of white crosses in what Trump falsely said were graves of murdered white farmers, clearly rattled Ramaphosa, said analyst Thelela Ngcetane-Vika, of the Wits School of Governance.
Ramaphosa should have provided data to disprove Trump’s disinformation, she said.
“I sincerely hope that economically we will come to an agreement where it’s mutually beneficial and there are economic benefits for both parties,“ he said.
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