White House braces, tense meeting between Trump and South Africa's Ramaphosa

Johannesburg - President Donald Trump plans to meet with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday for a meeting to complete or meet, despite the president filing new charges last Friday that South Africa is “out of control” and bears genocide.

Trump spoke on Air Force One on his return from the Persian Gulf, repeating that white South African farmers were massacred and forced their land to be massacred. The Afrikaans were descendants of mainly Dutch settlers who first arrived in South Africa in 1652.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio elaborated on the CBS on Sunday, saying: "All the evidence (suggests) that farmers in South Africa are being treated cruelly."

Last week, about 50 Afrikaans flew to the United States as refugees. Rubio said there was more. South Africa and its president have denied claims of genocide and harassment.

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Can the Oval Office and Wednesday meetings be the environment for South African presidents to dress up in Zelenskyy style? In February, the Ukrainian president shouted a yell with Trump and others, and he was reportedly deported by the White House.

Frans Cronje, an analyst at Yorktown Freedom Advisory Committee member Frans Cronje, and analyst Frans Cronje, “The meeting will be held when the relationship between the two countries becomes an unprecedented low.” Tell Fox News numbers.

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South Africa is "operating with Iran's IRGC, suing Israel on the ICJ and seeking help from Beijing and Moscow. These options have consequences."

Meizlish said South Africa “has attracted the anger of the president of Congress and key members who played an important role in shaping the future of US-South Africa relations. Unfortunately, it seems that Ramaphosa and his colleagues in the ANC do not fully appreciate this fact. President Trump should stick to meaningful change and be prepared to support his demands through tools such as targeted sanctions and tariffs. ”

But will the White House meeting be cold, fanatical, or even loud? J. Brooks Spector, a former U.S. diplomat and daily maverick deputy editor, told Fox News Digital. “Ramaphosa has a long history of negotiating carefully with its opponents.”

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"He wouldn't make a sound, either, even if others were getting hot. I've seen it for a lifetime. In the smoke-filled room of South Africa's dusty Free State in 1990, I looked at Ramaphosa, who was then the leader of the Black Miners' Union, and sometimes even under the underground man who was accused of killing white minerals in the black community, who was accused of killing white minerals under the black community, calmed down and got into trouble."

Spector continued: "It's almost certain that Ramaphosa and his team have carefully looked at the three previous meetings with Trump - those with Zelenskyy (Ukraine), Starmer (UK) and Carney (Canada) to attract lessons about how to perform their best faces.

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“At home, Mr. Ramaphosa presided over the economic stagnation, South Africa is facing economic growth estimated to have just exceeded 1% and unemployment rate exceeds 30%.

About 600 American companies operate in South Africa. Ramaphosa has brought four top ministers to Washington in hopes of offering new deals, especially as reported on gas, minerals and agricultural products sales, which may eventually be a licensing of Elon Musk's Starlink Satellite Internet System in South Africa.

Kronye noted that the United States also wants to consider: "South Africa commands the South China Sea route between India and the Atlantic Ocean, which is an important trade and naval obstacle point."

Meizlish added that South Africa "has a huge mineral wealth that can be based on U.S. investment in Africa, but that doesn't mean we should turn a blind eye to its consistency with the enemy of the United States."

President Donald Trump listened to a question at an event held in the Oval Office on May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce CNETA)

South Africa's chief rabbi Warren Goldstein told Fox News that South Africa could “easily withdraw” the ICJ case against Israel if he wanted, adding: "Police polls show that there is little support for his (Ramaphosa's) anti-Israel position because he has a positive view of Israel, a positive view of Israel, and a support of the same conservative Christian.

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"This visit cannot be about optical or transactions that fail to address the roots of South Africa's vicious foreign policy. Trump needs to push for Ramaphosa's substantial structural reforms in his country's foreign policy, while also providing a larger investment path for the United States. It's not just another," Meizlish said.

When South African politicians swept Washington on Tuesday in a major lobbying campaign, trying to attract the idea of ​​focusing on trade, Rubio told the senator at a hearing that could be reset in the relationship.

"If they're willing to reset the relationship, obviously (this is) something we'll explore, but we'll keep our eyes wide and keep our eyes wide, what they've done so far," he said.

Fox News Digital commented with the South African government but received no response.

Paul Tilsley is a senior journalist who has reported on African affairs from Johannesburg, South Africa for more than 30 years. You can follow him on Twitter @paultilsley