Trump strongly criticized Ramaphosa’s governing of South Africa, claiming there has been a “genocide” of white farmers.

Land ownership remains an explosive issue in South Africa more than three decades after White-minority rule ended. It’s also at the center of a diplomatic row with the US, as President Donald Trump and his Pretoria-born billionaire ally Elon Musk falsely claim that the South African government is engaging in land grabs and that there’s a genocide against White Afrikaner farmers.