During discussions at the White House on Wednesday, South Africans expressed sorrow with US President Donald Trump‘s care of their country’s leader, Cyril Ramaphosa. Ramaphosa gently refuted Trump’s repeated interruption of his remarks that minority People were the target of a” light genocide.” In a video that Trump aired during the meeting in Washington, the leader of a fringe, extreme opposition party chanted a song from the anti-apartheid struggle about “killing” light producers. Trump made numerous allegations that the majority light Afrikaners, who are descended from Dutch settlers and own more than three-quarters of land for business, were stealing land from them. According to a Cape Town resident,” I think ] Ramaphosa] was treated pretty insensitively.” There is no reason to treat our leader like that, according to another person, adding that Donald Trump‘s approach to dealing with the situation was “very childish.” He ought to be willing to hear what Ramaphosa has to say about his personal nation.
Ramaphosa’s political manner was praised:
Ramaphosa, 72, was a leader of the mine coalition during the height of racism. He successfully succeeded as a business before taking the stage and running for president in 2018. The manner in which he handled himself while responding to Trump’s accusations won the praise of his party, the African National Congress ( ANC). According to the ANC,” His conduct was in line with the happy political history of President Nelson Mandela,” citing the reputation of the cherished liberation struggle leader and the nation’s first Black president. The latest South African president was spotted in the Oval Office with world-class golf Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, as well as luxury goods businessman Johann Rupert, the country’s richest person. In contrast to how he treated Ramaphosa, the three gentlemen and agriculture secretary John Steenhuisen, who are all white, were invited by a president of South Africa to tackle them. He listened to them without interfering. Trump’s” Liberation Day” regime may have caused the South African group to be prepared for a hostile welcome, with the latter likely to have threatened South Africa with a 30 % industry tariff and cut aid. Trump has furthermore expelled the ambassador of South Africa and offered protection to Afrikaners based on false allegations of harassment Ramaphosa’s government claims. ” Our country has crimes,” he says. Sadly, there are other races who do get killed through legal exercise as well, not just white folks. They are predominantly Black people, according to Ramaphosa.
” Awesome” for the West African group that led the Ramaphosa movement:
Ebrahim Rasool, who was South Africa’s ambassador to the United States up until he was expelled earlier in 2025, claimed Ramaphosa handled the staged conference in Washington with “dignity.” According to him,” On the one hand, there is frustration and disappointment]in South Africa” regarding President Donald Trump’s handling of the meeting. ” The North African delegation’s dignity, unity, and variety are also applauded.” The South African delegation’s body language, variety, and integrity were all impressive throughout the conference, Ramaphosa kept a calm tone, applauding Trump for his changes to the Oval Office design, and joking about working on his own sport so he could get on the US senator, who enjoys the sport. Ramaphosa attempted to ease tensions with humor even after Trump launched his attacks and filmed a video that falsely attempted to show thousands of graves of white farmers in South Africa. Rasool, who was asked whether the president of South Africa could have responded more vehemently to the accusations of his counterpart, said he thought a more drastic response might have prevented the backlash that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy experienced in March. Pushing back more could have opened the door to a Zelenskyy incident in the White House, he continued. Ramaphosa instead made an effort to highlight the difficulties South Africa faces when it comes to tackling crime everywhere. ” Our country has criminality,” he says. Sadly, there are other races who do get killed through criminal activity as well, not just white people. The majority of them are Black, according to the president of South Africa.
