President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa engaged in a tense back-and-forth at the White House on Wednesday over Trump's false claims of "genocide" against white South African farmers.
ABC News Selina Wang it was a "poor compilation of old videos" and a "complete lie."
"I don't know, all of these are articles over the last few days, death of people, death, death, death, horrible death," Trump said.
Trump White South Africans were "fleeing because of the violence and the racist laws."
Ramaphosa pushed back, saying the clips of speeches Trump played "is not government policy." He and other members of the South African delegation said the speakers and their views were part of extremist fringe political groups.
"There is criminality in our country. People who do get killed, unfortunately, through criminal activity are not only white people, majority of them are Black people," Ramaphosa said.
ABC News Selina Wang it was a "poor compilation of old videos" and a "complete lie."
"I don't know, all of these are articles over the last few days, death of people, death, death, death, horrible death," Trump said.
Trump White South Africans were "fleeing because of the violence and the racist laws."
Ramaphosa pushed back, saying the clips of speeches Trump played "is not government policy." He and other members of the South African delegation said the speakers and their views were part of extremist fringe political groups.
"There is criminality in our country. People who do get killed, unfortunately, through criminal activity are not only white people, majority of them are Black people," Ramaphosa said.
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