When President Donald Trump and the President of South Africa met on May 21, 2025, the American president questioned Cyril Ramaphosa about a widely held accusation of white genocide in his nation.
Trump played footages in the room where the meeting was held with other top media companies present, the video showed South Africans chanting “kill the Boer, kill the farmer” and according to Mr. Trump, white farmers are fleeing South Africa.
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Before the video was played live for the western media, President Trump asked the staff to dim the lights and play him a video that he claimed proved genocide was being committed against white people in South Africa, driving farmers to flee to the United States.
Julius Malema, a fiery far-left opposition lawmaker from South Africa, was shown singing “Kill the Boer, kill the farmer” in a four-minute film that was displayed on a giant screen. This infamous slogan originated during the apartheid era and was used to protest white-minority rule.
It concluded with pictures of a demonstration in South Africa where white crosses were erected alongside a rural road to symbolise farmers who had been killed, but which Trump said displayed their graves.
