Trump’s meeting and musk with the President of South Africa at the White House amid tense relations

President Trump South African President Cyril Ramavusa meets at the White House on Wednesday, with South African billionaire billionaires, Elon Musk, to have a critical conversation amid tensions between the United States and South Africa.

White House official confirmed that musk will join interview With the leaders of the world, while Mr. Trump repeats Musk’s claim that genocide is committed against the egg Africans.

US acceptable 59 African white, give them a refugee position. Mr. Trump has repeatedly said that white farmers in South Africa were targets for “genocide” – a claim that South Africa rejected – and insists on South Africa “outside of control.”

The South African government denies that the white African faced racial discrimination. Ramavusa considered individuals “cowardly” to resettle it in the United States

The Ramavusa office said that the White House meeting, which will start at 11:30 am, will present a “platform to reset the strategic relationship between the two countries.” Mr. Trump has imposed a new Definitions In South Africa, as he has elsewhere.

The Africans are from South Africa whites of Dutch origin who lived in South Africa for four centuries. In addition to the English language, Africans enjoy their own language, Africans, whose roots are in the Dutch language and are one of 12 official languages ​​in South Africa.

The expedited operation for Afrikanis comes as the Trump administration is working to suspend the refugee acceptance program, which attracts multiple challenges for the court.

On a tense exchange during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday about budget matters, Democratic Senator Tim Kane of Foreign Minister Marco Rubio asked if the Africans were more persecuted than Ogur or Renjias, or the dissidents in Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua or who were threatened by Taliban.

Kane suggested that the Trump administration gives the preference to the Afrikan because of their skin tone, and asked Rubio about the reason for giving the United States a priority. Rubio said that the Afrikan is “a small sub -group.”

“It is a new issue,” Rubio said. “The president has identified it as a problem and wanted to use it as an example. But this differs from the existence of these refugee programs that mainly spend the money to put people in societies and absorb them, and it was a magnet.”

“Let me challenge you, and I will tell the audience, if you want to understand about quote, persecution, for African farmers, search for the formation of the South African government,” Kane answered. “Since July 2024, there is a government of national unity. Today, the opposition Party – the African National Congress Party – the African Party, the Democracy Alliance, is part of the ruling coalition. They joined the ruling coalition a year ago, and the leader of this party had been represented by Africa. The Minister of Agriculture in South Africa is now.

Caroline Lenton and

Sarah Cook

He contributed to this report.