Trump confronts South African president with claim of Afrikaners being 'persecuted' - RocketNews

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : He had hoped to charm Trump with the inclusion of two of South Africa's best-known golfers in the delegation.
58% : "What you saw - the speeches that were made... that is not government policy," Ramaphosa responded."We
52% : "Our government policy is completely against what he [Malema] was saying even in the parliament and they are a small minority party, which is allowed to exist according to our constitution."Ramaphosa
48% : But after a cordial start, the mood in the Oval Office shifted as Trump asked for the lighting to be lowered so a video could be played.
46% : Speaking to Trump on Wednesday, Ram ...
30% : said he hoped that Trump would listen to the voices of South Africans on this issue.
26% : 2 hours agoShareSaveDamian ZaneBBC NewsShareSaveUS President Donald Trump confronted his South African counterpart at the White House on Wednesday with a video Trump said supported his claim that white farmers were being "persecuted" in the country.
25% : The footage, played during a news conference with Cyril Ramaphosa, showed thousands of crosses lining a road that Trump claimed marked burial spots for murdered white farmers.
22% : Trump interrupted: "But you do allow them to take land, and then when they take the land, they kill the white farmer, and when they kill the white farmer nothing happens to them.
22% : Trump appeared to be referring to a controversial law signed by Ramaphosa earlier this year, which allows the government to seize privately-owned land without compensation in some circumstances.
20% : Trump also said that he would seek an "explanation" from his guest on widely discredited claims of a white "genocide" in South Africa.
18% : Trump said he did not know where in South Africa it was filmed, and the footage has not been verified by the BBC.Ramaphosa - who appeared to weigh his response carefully - disputed Trump's allegation.

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