The Latest: Trump meeting with South Africa's president in White House

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88% : Ramaphosa told Trump he brought the president "a really fantastic book" that weighs 14 kilograms (about 31 pounds) showcasing South Africa's golf courses.
70% : Trump was waiting at the door to greet Ramaphosa, who got out of the car and shared an extended handshake.
67% : The U.S. State Department's annual report on South Sudan, published in April 2024, says "significant human rights issues" include arbitrary killings, disappearances, torture or inhumane treatment by security forces and extensive violence based on gender and sexual identity.
60% : Since President Donald Trump took office in January, ICE has rapidly expanded the number of signed agreements it has with law enforcement agencies across the country.
59% : Speaking Tuesday from the Oval Office, Trump said he expects the system will be "fully operational before the end of my term," which ends in 2029, and have the capability of intercepting missiles "even if they are launched from space.
57% : Trump has cut all U.S. assistance to South Africa and welcomed several dozen white South African farmers to the U.S. as refugees. ▶ See an AP Photo package on Afrikaner farmers Trump's Wednesday schedule, according to the White House 12. 11:30 a.m. - Trump welcomes South Africa's president, Cyril Ramaphosa 13. 11:45 a.m. -
56% : Both Els and Rupert have played golf with Trump before, the outlet reported.
56% : Elon Musk will attend Trump meeting with South African leader The U.S. president's powerful adviser, who was born in South Africa, is expected to be in the room when Trump sits down with Ramaphosa.
55% : Trump and Ramaphosa will have a meeting in the Oval Office 15.
52% : Ramaphosa arrives late for White House face-to-face with Trump It was minutes after noon when the South African leader's car pulled up to the West Wing entrance in the rainy weather, about a half hour behind a scheduled 11:30 a.m. arrival.
51% : Under the 287(g) program led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, police officers can interrogate immigrants in their custody and detain them for potential deportation.
50% : Enoka also told The Associated Press on Wednesday that if they do, they would be "redeported to their correct country" if found not to be South Sudanese. Trump administration lawyers ordered to appear Wednesday on apparent deportations to South Sudan U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy in Massachusetts called the emergency hearing to get answers about the apparent deportation of immigrants to South Sudan and other countries.
50% : Murphy said the government must "maintain custody and control of class members currently being removed to South Sudan or to any other third country, to ensure the practical feasibility of return if the Court finds that such removals were unlawful." While Murphy left the details to the government's discretion, he said he expects the migrants "will be treated humanely." ▶ Read more about the judge's ruling The revival of an old program delegates Trump immigration enforcement to local police As part of the Trump administration's push to carry out mass deportations, the agency responsible for immigration enforcement has aggressively revived and expanded a decades-old program that delegates immigration enforcement powers to state and local law enforcement agencies.
48% : It wants the justices to freeze orders that would force DOGE to turn over documents to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington or obligate acting DOGE administrator Amy Gleason to answer questions under oath by June 13. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper found that DOGE's role is likely more than just advisory, noting its claims to helping shutter USAID, cut billions of dollars in government contracts and fire thousands of federal employees.
48% : Trump and Ramaphosa will have lunch 14.
48% : The NCAA men's college basketball champions, the University of Florida Gators, will visit the White House Trump drafts America's business titans to burnish his image at home and abroad With Trump back in the White House, a jaunt with the president or a stop in the Oval Office is now as routine for America's business leaders as a speech to an industry conference.
47% : Trump said.
47% : " Trump was asked about the acceptance Wednesday while he was in the Oval Office with South Africa's president and said, "They are giving the United States Air Force a jet." He then insulted the reporter who asked about the jet.
47% : "I've started practicing so I'm ready," he told Trump. South African president says the goal is to 'reset' his country's relationship with the US Trump opened by remarking that Ramaphosa "is a man who is certainly, in some circles, really respected.
47% : Trump administration lawyers ordered to appear on apparent deportations to South Sudan U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy in Massachusetts called Wednesday's hearing to get answers about the apparent deportation of immigrants to South Sudan and other countries.
47% : A fresh analysis from the Congressional Budget Office said the tax provisions would increase the federal deficit by $3.8 trillion over the decade, while the changes to Medicaid, food stamps and other services would tally $1 trillion in reduced spending.
46% : Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks.
46% : Trump has launched a series of accusations at South Africa's Black-led government, including that it is seizing land from white farmers, enforcing anti-white policies and pursuing an anti-American foreign policy.
41% : It's a sign that the public commitments they make to create U.S. jobs may be doing more to burnish the president's image than to protect their own profitability. ▶ Read more about Trump's relationship with business titans South Africa's leader aims to salvage relationship with Trump in White House visit Trump will host South Africa's leader at the White House on Wednesday for a meeting that might be tense after Trump accused the country's government of allowing a "genocide" to take place against minority white farmers.
40% : Trump administration accepts free Air Force One replacement from Qatar Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a gifted Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump to use as president, Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said.
40% : " "It's our view at the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division under the Trump administration that federal micromanagement of local police should be a rare exception, and not the norm," said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon.
36% : Trump himself had instructed the Republican majority to quit arguing and get it done, his own political influence on the line.
35% : They also are Afrikaners, the white minority group Trump has accused South Africa of persecuting.
34% : Trump and South Africa's president are meeting at the White House amid tensions Trump is hosting Cyril Ramaphosa amid tension after accusing South Africa of allowing a "genocide" against minority white farmers.
33% : Trump administration tells judge it deported eight migrants, but refused to say where they'll end up The Trump administration says it has deported eight migrants convicted of crimes in the United States after reports of a migrant flight to South Sudan.
33% : Those agreements vastly beef up the number of immigration enforcement staff available to ICE, which has about 6,000 deportation officers, as they aim to meet Trump's goal of deporting as many of the roughly 11 million people in the country illegally as they can.
32% : South Africa has strongly rejected the allegation and Ramaphosa pushed for the meeting with Trump in an attempt to salvage his country's relationship with the United States, which is at its lowest point since the end of the apartheid system of racial segregation in 1994.
32% : South Africa has strongly rejected the allegation and President Cyril Ramaphosa pushed for the meeting with Trump in an attempt to salvage his country's relationship with the United States, which is at its lowest point since the end of the apartheid system of racial segregation in 1994.
31% : " JUST IN: Trump administration violated court order on third-country deportations with flight linked to South Sudan, judge saysTrump says he doesn't want to involve Musk in South African policy discussions During his tense meeting with Ramaphosa, Trump noted "I have a great feeling for South Africa" and many friends in that country.
31% : "I don't want to get Elon involved," Trump said.
30% : Both presidents then walked inside after Trump answered a couple of questions on other issues.
27% : Trump asks Supreme Court to block orders requiring DOGE turn over documents Wednesday's emergency appeal to the high court concerns whether Elon Musk 's Department of Government Efficiency, which has been central to Trump's push to remake government, is a federal agency subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
26% : "We are essentially here to reset the relationship between the United States and South Africa," Ramaphosa said. South Africa's leader visits the White House in an effort to salvage relationship with Trump President Donald Trump is hosting South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday for a meeting that might be tense after Trump accused the country's government of allowing a "genocide" to take place against minority white farmers.
25% : "Elon is from South Africa," Trump said, though he suggested that involving Musk in U.S.-South African relations could cause more controversy.
24% : " Trump is still irritated with Bruce Springsteen The Republican president posted a doctored video on his social media network on Wednesday that tried to make it appear he teed off on the golf course and struck The Boss with his golf ball.
22% : Asked what he wanted to see happen, Trump said "I don't know." "There's a lot of anger there.
22% : JUST IN: Trump at White House confronts South Africa's Ramaphosa, accusing country of failing to address killing of white farmersSouth African president plays to Trump's fondness for golf Ramaphosa said he brought major-winning golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen after Trump requested he bring them along and that he also attempted to bring legendary 89-year-old player Gary Player, who declined the trip, citing his age.
21% : Although the White House has criticized the case, Trump did not address the issue in the Oval Office.
19% : Trump has been lobbing insults at the rock star as Springsteen, a longtime Trump critic, has been lambasting the president while on stage.
18% : And Trump hosted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House after accusing the country's government of allowing a "genocide" to take place against minority white farmers.
15% : A White House list of issues Trump might raise with South Africa's president 9.
3% : " Trump unloads on NBC reporter It's not uncommon for the U.S. president to criticize representatives of the "fake news," but he was especially angry when NBC's Peter Alexander asked him about Qatar's donation of a 747 for Trump to use as Air Force One.

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