South African President Cyril Ramaphosa plans to meet with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday to save tensions between the two countries.

Ramaphosa pushed the meeting amid growing tensions with the Trump administration, which accused the black-led South African government of racism against its white citizens, seized land from white farmers and "genocide."

The South African leader said he hopes to correct the wrong performance he caused during the meeting to the administration, which will be the first for Trump to go with African leaders during his second term.

A White House official told the Associated Press that the meeting could focus on the subject, including the need to denounce politicians who “promote genocide rhetoric” and push the South African government to classify farm attacks as a priority crime.

Some white farmers were killed in violent family invasions, but the South African government said the attacks were part of the country's crime and noted that some black farmers were also killed.

The White House official also told the Associated Press that Trump could involve race-based trade barriers in a bid to call on the South African government to "stop scaring investors."

Sources told the news agency that Elon Musk, a key ally of the president, is also expected to attend some meetings with Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday. Born and raised in South Africa, Musk has been a voice critic of the country's policies.

Ramaphosa said in comments outside the embassy Tuesday that he felt "positive" about the meeting with Trump.

"Trade relations are the most important - that's what brings us here. We want to come out of the United States with a very good trade deal," Ramaphosa told reporters, according to the Post. "We want to strengthen these relations and we want to consolidate the good relations between our two countries."

The meeting was also held after Trump provided some white South African farmers with an accelerated path to citizenship. The first group of refugees, 49, arrived in the United States earlier this month.

The Associated Press made a contribution.