Debunked: Unpacking four inaccurate Trump claims about South Africa
US President Donald Trump holds up a copy of an article that he said is about white South Africans who had been killed, in the Oval Office of the White House on May 21, 2025.
The meeting between US President Donald Trump and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa at the Oval Office in Washington on Wednesday highlighted several inaccurate statements and misrepresentations of facts regarding the alleged persecution of South Africa's white minority.
This long-anticipated meeting followed months of intense diplomatic clashes between the two countries. It occurred just weeks after 49 white South African farmers emigrated to the US as refugees.
