The constant parade of presidents and international authorities through the White House has created all kinds of scenes. Although there was and seems there may be nothing, other receptions have provided striking moments.
It was commented a lot at the time, president of South Africa. Now, several months later, the New York Times has published the fiery version of the African leader.
From that meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in May, Ramaphosa remembers being surprised by the such “racist” views of Donald Trump. Far from seeking large-scale conflict, the South African appreciates that “I just thought I was very uninformed.”
“I realized that is seeing South Africa through a completely blurred lenswithout realizing the real damage that apartheid caused,” he admits.
That visit took place in full denunciation of the Republican Party and Trump’s MAGA movement, also of his then close Elon Musk (born in South Africa) .
It was Trump himself who then gave him newspaper clippings stating this point. And a video with several alleged dead white south african farmers. The most striking thing, Cyril Ramaphosa would later explain, is that a good part of that information did not even talk about South Africa; The video, in fact, was recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, adds the Reuters agency.
Some of that information was correct, in the high crime rate in south africa and in how farmers were victims of murders and other crimesbut both white and blackthe majority in the sector, add international media.
“I think it’s just is devoid of any reality about what South Africa is and what it represents. We are quite surprised by the attention you pay us. “We are a small country and we do not represent any threat to the United States,” the South African leader added.
