Photos: Donald Trump mocked by Cyril Ramaphosa as WH meeting turns volatile; ‘Sorry I don’t have a plane to give you’
Updated On May 22, 2025 01:22 AM IST
After heated exchange with Donald Trump, South African President tried to calm the scenario, joking, “I’m sorry I don’t have a plane to give you.”
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US President Donald Trump holds a news article during a meeting with Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Trump rejected Ramaphosa's argument that there is no genocide against White Afrikaners, airing a video and showing images in the Oval Office that he said showed how they were beaten and killed. Photographer: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg(Bloomberg)
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US Vice President JD Vance, left, and Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, attended a meeting between Trump and Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Ramaphosa said "We are essentially here to reset the relationship between the United States and South Africa." (Bloomberg)
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Trump berated Ramaphosa and claimed that thousands of white farmers were being “executed”, adding that their lands were seized.(Bloomberg)
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Elon Musk looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY(REUTERS)
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President Donald Trump shows documents to South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)(AP)
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South African businessman Johann Rupert (L) speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meets Donald Trump on Wednesday amid tensions over Washington's resettlement of white Afrikaners that the US president claims are the victims of "genocide." (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)(AFP)
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US President Donald Trump shows pictures and articles as he meets with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meets Donald Trump on Wednesday amid tensions over Washington's resettlement of white Afrikaners that the US president claims are the victims of "genocide." (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)(AFP)
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The meeting with Ramaphosa comes amid tensions over Washington's resettlement of white Afrikaners that the US president claims are the victims of "genocide." (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)(AFP)
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Donald Trump went on to mention that he has received "tremendous complaints about Africa” and other regions, adding that many white farmers were fleeing South Africa.(REUTERS)
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa seems surprised as Trump confronts him with video over discredited claims of a white genocide in South Africa(REUTERS)
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South African businessman Johann Rupert, standing right, watches a video during a meeting between President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)(AP)
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Ramaphosa refuted the allegations by stating, “They’re not,” and emphasized that those murdered in South Africa are not exclusively white. He stated that such actions are not part of government policy and stressed that while criminality exists in the country, it is not directed at any race.(AP)
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US Vice President JD Vance, US White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller (top-L), US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (bottom-2ndL), US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (bottom-R), and Elon Musk look (top-R) on as US President Donald Trump meets with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office.(AFP)
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As the video continue, Trump said: “It’s a terrible sight, never seen anything like it”, Ramaphosa asked: “Have they told you where that is Mr President?” Trump replied no.(REUTERS)
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