Many South Africans are praising President Cyril Ramaphosa’s calm demeanor as President Donald Trump’s multimedia ambush unfolded in front of the world’s press. He pushed back gently whenever he could,

U.S. President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday with explosive false claims of white "genocide" and unfair land seizures during a tense White House meeting that was reminiscent of his February ambush of Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

A meeting between South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Donald Trump on Wednesday to talk about trade and diplomatic relations became tension-filled when Trump aired a video of South Africans who he said sought to kill White Afrikaners.