US EditionTrump to meet South African president amid deteriorating relations
- Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa, is scheduled to visit the White House on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump amid a period of strained relations between the two countries.
- Relations soured due to Trump's claims of Afrikaner persecution, U.S. Aid cuts, and refusal to attend South Africa-hosted G20 events, while Ramaphosa disputes these allegations.
- Approximately 59 Afrikaners, a group of South Africans descended from Dutch settlers, arrived in the U.S. On Monday and were met with an unusually formal welcome from the State Department, featuring American flags and official remarks.
- Deputy Secretary Chris Landau called the Afrikaners "cowards" and compared their arrival to his family's escape from Nazi Germany, while Ramaphosa said Trump had got "the wrong end of the stick."
- The meeting aims to reset strategic ties strained by divergent positions on land reform, South Africa’s support for Palestinians, and mutual accusations, reflecting the lowest relations since apartheid ended.
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Trump to meet South African president amid deteriorating relations
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will travel to Washington next week to meet President Trump at the White House on Wednesday “to discuss bilateral, regional and global issues of interest,” Ramaphosa’s office has announced.The visit comes as relations between the U.S. and South Africa are at their lowest since the end of apartheid. Trump has repeatedly claimed that “terrible things are happening” in South Africa, and invited Afrikaners to …
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