Trump hits South African president with video 'genocide' claims: 5 takeaways

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

80% : And it's a great thing," Trump said.
75% : Trump is known to be a big golf fan and a frequent player and referred to both players as friends.
70% : Musk has been vocal about "racist ownership laws" that prosecute Afrikaners.
64% : These are burial sites right here ... over a thousand of white farmers and those cars are lined up to pay love on Sunday morning, each one of those white things you see are a cross," Trump said during a part of the video.
63% : Goosen recounted his experience growing up in a mostly rural part of South Africa, while Els appealed to Trump about the importance of the U.S.-South Africa relationship.
62% : Ramaphosa noted that he urged Trump during a previous phone call to attend the G20 meeting and visit South Africa for a state visit.
55% : I'd take it," Trump replied.
54% : Trump was asked near the conclusion of the open press portion of Wednesday's meeting whether he planned to attend the G20 meeting.
47% : Trump said.
47% : " Trump noncommittal on G20 South Africa is slated to host the Group of 20 (G20) gathering later this year of the world's largest economies, but Trump's frustration with Ramaphosa's government has raised the possibility that the U.S. could boycott the event.
45% : A video played in the Oval Office, with the lights dimmed down, just after Trump asked the media if they had questions for him and Ramaphosa.
44% : Vance sat on the couch next to Trump and didn't interject during the meeting, marking a difference in tone compared with that seen in the meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, when Vance stepped in to ask Zelensky to be more thankful to Trump.
44% : While the video played, Trump appeared to whisper to Vance and the two looked over papers.
42% : Qatari jet question sets off Trump As Trump and Ramaphosa were engaged in the Oval Office, the Pentagon was making official that it had accepted a luxury jet from Qatar to use as Air Force One.
41% : Ramaphosa jumped in to say it would take Trump listening to the voices and perspectives of native South Africans, prompting the president to motion for an aide to queue up a video -- a sign that he and his team were prepared to defend their controversial claims.
40% : Amid the intense discussion around whether white farmers were facing persecution, Trump appeared particularly interested in what the two golfers had to say, inviting both to speak.
35% : And while both he and Ramaphosa spoke about the significance of the forum, and the importance of having the U.S. in attendance, Trump did not give a definite answer.
28% : Death of people," Trump said, showing images of people.
28% : But Trump has been unmoved, arguing it would be foolish not to take the plane.
26% : Trump has also fixated on South Africa over claims that the white ethnic minority has been unfairly targeted and signed an executive order in February pausing foreign assistance to South Africa over claims that the government there "radically disfavored landowners.
24% : Trump earlier this month indicated he would skip the G20 meeting if his concerns about the treatment of white farmers were not addressed.
18% : President Trump's meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa took an unexpected turn Wednesday when Trump showed a video filled with clips putting his counterpart on the spot over claims that white farmers are being persecuted in that country.
16% : The Oval Office discussion between Trump and Ramaphosa started out cordially enough, but tensions escalated as the two got into a back-and-forth over Trump's claims that the white farmers in South Africa are victims of a possible "genocide" at the hands of the country's majority.

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