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Donald Trump ambushes South African president in cringeworthy clash: 'Get out of here!'

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Donald Trump ambushed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during his visit to the White House today amid the ongoing tension between the two countries. The US President showed a video of several white farmers leaving the South African nation which left President Cyril surprised.

The President of South Africa questions Trump if he knows where the video is from. Mr Ramaphosa said: "I need to check because I don't know which area this is"

The president has voiced opposition to South Africa's land reform efforts, which seek to redress apartheid-era injustices, as well as the genocide case against Israel.

Trump withdrew aid to South Africa, expelled its ambassador, and extended refuge to white minority Afrikaners, citing claims of racial discrimination-allegations that Pretoria dismisses as baseless.

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The confrontation between the two leaders occured after a reporter asked Trump about what it would take to persuade him that there isn't white genocide happening in South Africa. However, the South African president was quick enough to answer that question.

He said: "It will take President Trump listening to the voices of South Africans, some of whom are his good friends, like those who are here. ... It will take President Trump to listen to them. I will not be repeating what I've been saying."

Trump responded: "We have thousands of stories talking about it" and then requested his staff to lower down lights in the Oval Office and play a video of Julian Malema chanting "Kill the Boer!". The US President claimed that the video, which runs for some time, shows the burial sites of white farmers.

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