With Elon Musk, South African President Trump’s counterparts to push it for an unfounded conspiracy theory about “white genocide”: “This has not seen it before.”

South African President Cyril Ramavusa (L) and US President Donald Trump exchanging words during a meeting at the White House Oval Office on May 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Relations between the two countries have been strained since Trump signed an executive order in February claiming that white South Africa are victims of government land confiscation and “group genocide”, with race based on the acceptance of some of these Afrikan as refugees in the United States. Trump also suspended all foreign aid to South Africa and expelled the country’s ambassador to I Ibrahim Rasol.

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