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Trump says white South African farmers face 'opposite' apartheid, threatens to get Elon Musk involved

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : "They told you where that is, Mr. President?" he asked Trump.
46% : "Elon is from South Africa," he said, referring to Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla who has a high-profile role in the Trump administration overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency.
32% : During the tense meeting, Trump held up news articles on the killings.
31% : " Trump claimed the story isn't being covered by the mainstream media.
31% : " Trump claimed the story isn't being covered by the mainstream media.
29% : The meeting with Ramaphosa included Trump showing the president video of what he claimed to be burial sites of "over 1,000 white farmers" with vehicles lined up to pay their respects to the dead.
26% : "White South Africans are fleeing because of the violence and racist laws ... " Trump claimed Ramaphosa's government's policies were directly responsible.
25% : Trump claimed he has "many friends" that can't go back to South Africa because of the violence.
21% : "Now I will say, apartheid -- terrible," Trump told Ramaphosa, referring to the South African policy.
21% : "Now I will say, apartheid -- terrible," Trump told Ramaphosa, referring to the South African policy.
17% : "I don't want to get Elon involved" in the issue, Trump said.
15% : "It's a terrible site," Trump said.
5% : President Donald Trump on Wednesday confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on the killings of white farmers in the country that Trump called a "genocide" and claimed Ramaphosa's government is complicit.

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