Trump shows video in Oval Office to South Africa's president of white 'burial sites'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : Ramaphosa didn't come empty-handed, looking to follow similar visits by world leaders who had successfully wooed Trump with a variety of gifts.
62% : " Featured Local Savings "It will take President Trump listening to the voices of South Africans, some of whom are his good friends, like those who are here when we have talks between us," Ramaphosa quickly cut in.
61% : And in many cases, or in some cases, those policies do not go along with government policy.
59% : So it will take him, President Trump, listening to their stories, to their perspective.
57% : In addition to adding golf legends Ernie Els and Retief Goosen and luxury goods magnate Johann Rupert to his delegation, the South African president gifted Trump a book showcasing South Africa's golf courses.
51% : "It's a pretty big movement in South Africa, so it has to be resolved," Trump added.
51% : Still, Trump and Ramaphosa headed directly into the Oval Office after the latter's arrival for the bilateral meeting.
49% : According to the White House, the idea for the Oval Office movie moment came from Trump, the former reality TV star-turned-politician.
44% : "With Trump indicating that he wants to host African leaders at a Summit in the U.S. in September-October, I suspect he will find a way to achieve a workable dialogue with the leader of one of Africa's most important countries."
42% : Following the video's conclusion, Trump went on to show printouts of news articles on persecution as Ramaphosa urged a calm dialogue on the subject.
39% : Trump and Ramaphosa had been scheduled to meet over a private lunch, with no press in attendance, before hosting a bilateral meeting in which reporters could ask questions.
38% : Since his inauguration, Trump has severely cut foreign aid to South Africa, expelled its ambassador to the United States, and previewed the possibility of not attending the G20 leaders' summit in Johannesburg this November.
35% : "What you saw, the speeches that were being made, one that is not government policy," Ramaphosa told Trump of those calling for killings.
34% : " "Generally, they're white farmers, and they're fleeing South Africa, and it's a very sad thing to see, but I hope we can have an explanation of that, because I know you don't want that," Trump added to Ramaphosa.
30% : "Turn the lights down and just put this on," Trump said as he directed Ramaphosa to watch a video montage of political rallies with widespread chants of "kill the farmer!" and images of grave sites.
30% : Trump was pressed by reporters Wednesday to address his decision to extend refugee status to Afrikaners, even while stripping asylum protections for migrants from other countries in South America and the Middle East.
30% : Trump could also focus on S.A.'s support for Hamas, leading the genocide case against Israel at the ICJ and Iran.
26% : Trump and his supporters have long backed Afrikaners, descendants of the colonists who created the apartheid system that Ramaphosa worked alongside former South African President Nelson Mandela to break down.
26% : All we know is we're being inundated with people, with reports about white farmers from South Africa, and it's a big problem," Trump declared.
24% : Over a thousand of white farmers," Trump pointed out to the president, who had denied claims of genocide and said murder and crime are not unique to white farmers.
23% : Trump, however, could not be deterred, repeating that the South African government was allowing black South Africans to seize farm land owned by white South Africans and then kill them without facing criminal penalties.
22% : Later during the meeting, a reporter asked Trump what Ramaphosa must do for him to "be convinced that there's no white genocide in Africa.
21% : Trump has criticized South Africa for what he claims is the systematic persecution of minority white Afrikaner farmers, going so far as to provide some with a chartered flight to Washington and refugee status last week as he seeks to deport illegal immigrants, some to third countries.
16% : " Later, after Trump berated a reporter for asking about the plane the Qatari government is gifting the Trump administration, Ramaphosa joked that he was "sorry I don't have a plane to give you." "I wish you did," Trump added, earning chuckles from the room.

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