Trump Confronts South African President Over Genocide of White Farmers in Explosive Oval Office Meeting

By: Ariella Haviv

In a highly charged and visually dramatic meeting on Wednesday, President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with allegations that South Africa’s black-majority government is waging a genocidal campaign against white farmers, according to an exclusive report by The New York Post. The confrontation, which unfolded in the Oval Office with the lights dimmed to project graphic video footage, was described by sources as one of the most tense and unfiltered moments of Trump’s presidency since his return to the White House.

According to the information provided in The New York Post report, Trump directed his staff to dim the lighting in the Oval Office in order to display a video compilation of alleged crimes against white farmers, many of whom belong to the 4.5 million-strong white minority community—comprising roughly 7.3% of South Africa’s population. The presentation included clips of firebrand opposition leader Julius Malema, the head of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), calling for the killing of whites, alongside footage of rural crime scenes and roadside memorials purportedly honoring slain white landowners.

“What you saw—the speeches that were being made—that is not government policy,” Ramaphosa reportedly responded, according to The New York Post. “Our government policy is completely, completely against what he was saying.”

But President Trump remained visibly unmoved by the South African leader’s reassurances. According to The New York Post, he told Ramaphosa: “My friends in South Africa say, ‘They take your land and they kill you,’ if you’re white.”

The video presentation, shown at Trump’s insistence, featured disturbing clips of Malema inciting violence, including his notorious statement: “We are not calling for the slaughter of white people—at least for now.” The montage also highlighted the controversial expropriation law recently passed in South Africa, which enables the government to confiscate unused or underutilized land without compensation—a measure which critics argue is targeted overwhelmingly at white-owned property.

The New York Post reported that Elon Musk, the South African-born billionaire and close Trump adviser, was present in the Oval Office during the confrontation, nodding in agreement as Trump pressed Ramaphosa on both the policy and the rising number of reported attacks on white farmers.

In a tense interview with the media, Musk did not mince words while addressing the governing body of South Africa. “I was born in South Africa but can’t get a Starlink license there — because I’m not black,” Musk stated. He then asked the following questions, “Does that seem right to you? Yes or no? Racist laws — yes or no? “Why do you like racist laws?”

“The law you passed,” Trump reportedly said to Ramaphosa, “it’s sending a message: you don’t want whites in your country anymore.”

The controversy around land expropriation without compensation in South Africa has long been a point of international scrutiny. Proponents of the law, including members of Ramaphosa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC), argue it is a necessary corrective for centuries of colonial dispossession, while critics see it as a dangerous and racially motivated policy that has already led to economic instability and violent reprisals against white landowners.

As The New York Post has previously reported, Trump has frequently raised alarm over the treatment of white South Africans, even tweeting during his first term in office that his administration was “closely studying the South Africa land and farm seizures.” This week’s Oval Office confrontation appears to confirm that Trump has not softened his stance since retaking the presidency.

Despite the pressure, President Ramaphosa categorically denied that his administration condones or supports anti-white violence. “What you’re describing is not our policy,” he told Trump, insisting that Malema does not represent the South African government, but rather a radical fringe.

Yet Trump, drawing on both the video and private conversations with South African expatriates and farmers, remained unconvinced. According to The New York Post, Trump questioned the credibility of Ramaphosa’s denials in light of the government’s legislative actions and its failure to unequivocally condemn political figures such as Malema.

“You say it’s not policy, but you’re letting it happen. You pass laws that make it easier,” Trump is said to have told Ramaphosa.

One of the most striking elements of the meeting, as The New York Post report observed, was the presence and participation of Elon Musk, who has voiced his own concerns about South Africa’s political trajectory and the fate of minorities under the ANC-led government. Musk, whose mother is Canadian and father is South African, has expressed interest in refugee protections for white South Africans in the past, arguing that many are targets of “quiet ethnic cleansing.”

Sources close to the administration told The New York Post that Musk has advised Trump on policies related to South Africa and views the expropriation laws as a red flag for broader human rights abuses.

This episode could mark a turning point in U.S.-South Africa relations, as Trump’s administration weighs new visa restrictions and economic sanctions if violence against farmers continues. According to The New York Post, the State Department has been tasked with conducting a fresh review of farm attack data and potential human rights violations connected to land reform policy.

While Ramaphosa is expected to return to Pretoria and rally international support to push back against Trump’s claims, South Africa may now face heightened scrutiny from human rights organizations and Western governments.

“What Trump did was unprecedented,” one U.S. diplomat told The New York Post. “He took a conversation that would usually be buried in a State Department memo and brought it into the full light of day—in the literal and figurative sense.”

Wednesday’s meeting between President Trump and President Ramaphosa was anything but diplomatic niceties. As reported by The New York Post, it was a blunt, emotionally charged confrontation over race, property, and violence—one that is likely to reverberate not only through international relations but also within the global debate over land rights, minority protections, and political incitement.

With Trump showing no signs of retreating on the issue and voices like Elon Musk echoing his concerns, South Africa’s government now faces the challenge of reconciling its domestic land reform agenda with growing international pressure over what some claim is state-enabled racial violence. The lights may have dimmed in the Oval Office—but the spotlight on South Africa is now brighter than ever.