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Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House

President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday with claims of white genocide and land seizures during a tense White House meeting that was reminiscent of his February ambush of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

By Evelyn Hockstein, Kevin Lamarque and Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters

May 21, 2025

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President Donald Trump welcomes South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to the White House in Washington, D.C., May 21.
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President Donald Trump welcomes South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to the White House in Washington, D.C., May 21.
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President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 21.
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Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 21.
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Golfers Retief Goosen and Ernie Els stand in the Oval Office as President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 21.
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Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 21.
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Golfer Retief Goosen listens as Ernie Els speaks in the Oval Office during a meeting between President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 21.
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Golfer Ernie Els shows his South African passport in the Oval Office during a meeting between President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 21.
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa looks on as he meets President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 21.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sits next to Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office during a meeting between President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 21.
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President Donald Trump shows a copy of an article that he said its about white South Africans who had been killed, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 21.
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President Donald Trump hands over to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa copies of articles that he said showed white South Africans who had been killed, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 21.
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President Donald Trump smiles as he meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 21.
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President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 21.
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South African Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen speaks, as President Donald Trump meets with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 21.
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Monde Mbhambisa watches on his television set as President Donald Trump confronts South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday with allegations of mass killings and land seizures from white South Africans, in Soweto, South Africa, May 21.

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