Trump ambushes South Africa's president with false claims of 'white genocide'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : But despite their presence and Ramaphosa's gift to Trump of a book on golf, the meeting quickly spiraled out of control.
63% : He explained the videos of opposition politician Julius Malema singing an apartheid-era struggle song called "Kill the Boer" -- which means farmer or Afrikaner -- did not represent government policy.
55% : Trump cut aid to the country in February, his top officials have snubbed G20 events South Africa is hosting this year and the U.S. expelled South Africa's ambassador.
49% : The South African leader even enlisted the help of two famous South African golfers -- Ernie Els, who knows Trump, and Retief Goosen -- and brought them to Wednesday's Oval Office meeting.
45% : " "I wish you did," Trump said, causing Ramaphosa to laugh.
43% : Earlier this year, Ramaphosa tried to charm Trump by offering his fellow avid golfer a turn on the green at the G20 summit in Johannesburg in November.
39% : At one point reporters moved off topic and asked Trump about the plane Qatar gifted him, riling him.
37% : During the Oval Office meeting Trump again said white farmers were having their land taken.
35% : Asked by reporters if he condemned the singing of the historic song, Ramaphosa said he did. Trump also played a video that he said was of "a burial site" of murdered white farmers.
33% : Trump then asked why Malema wasn't arrested.
29% : South African President Cyril Ramaphosa walked into an ambush when he met President Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
28% : Trump repeated false claims of a "white genocide" in South Africa and then ordered the lights dimmed to play videos he said supported his allegation.
22% : " Ramaphosa's agriculture minister, John Steenhuisen, who is white, also tried to explain the facts for Trump.
18% : Trump then showed the press copies of articles, claiming they proved white farmers were being murdered.
12% : Ramaphosa had wanted to use the meeting to set Trump straight regarding race relations in South Africa, but had also hoped to take a transactional tack and make a deal with Trump because a vital free trade agreement hangs in the balance amid other economic concerns.

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