South Africa's President Visits the White House Amid Ongoing Diplomatic Tensions

President Donald Trump and President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa had a tense meeting at the White House on May 21, where Trump displayed a video that he claimed showed evidence of a genocide of white people in South Africa. Trump stated that the video proved his concerns were valid and that white people were being executed in South Africa, but Ramaphosa disputed this and stated that black people were more likely to be victims of violence in the country. The meeting was a continuation of the escalating tensions between the US and South Africa since Trump took office and froze aid to South Africa in February over claims of mistreating its minority white population. Ramaphosa had tried to give Trump facts about his country but was unsuccessful. Trump had previously cut aid to South Africa and had welcomed white South Africans as refugees, and Congress had refused to renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act.