President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump alternate phrases throughout a gathering within the Oval Workplace of the White Home on Might 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Relations between the 2 international locations have been strained since Trump signed an govt order in February that claimed white South Africans are the victims of presidency land confiscation and race-based “genocide” whereas admitting a few of these Afrikaners as refugees to the USA. Trump additionally halted all international assist to South Africa and expelled the nation’s Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool.
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