What unfolded on May 22, 2025, in the Oval Office was not a diplomatic encounter. It was a performance. A power play, orchestrated by the President of the United States, who does not debate but dominates. Who does not listen but displays. Who does not enlighten but instrumentalizes. The reception of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa turned into a farce – and into a stage for a lie that has long since been debunked: the supposed “white genocide” in South Africa.
Trump had a video played – four minutes of far-right imagery. Edits of parliamentary speeches, chants at rallies, aerial shots of crosses. Alongside, printed newspaper articles on violent crimes, which Trump held up like exhibits in a show trial. And Ramaphosa? Speechless. Caught off guard. Public humiliation in live format.
But the real disgrace lies deeper. Behind this populist backdrop stands a strategy – and a transnational network working deliberately to export right-wing ideology and import right-wing voters. What Trump sells as “protection for persecuted Christians” is in truth the import of a far-right milieu. White South Africans – many with ties to groups like AfriForum or even the AWB – are admitted to the US as refugees, while protection programs for Muslims, Black people, or queer individuals are slashed.
Our investigations show: AfriForum, an organization with a far-right agenda, has been lobbying in Washington for years. Supported by figures like Elon Musk or Leo Brent Bozell III. The latter – a man who once called Barack Obama a “skinny ghetto crackhead” – is now US Ambassador to South Africa. And there he welcomes those seeking entry under the banner of the “persecuted Afrikaner.” These are not random refugees – they are politically selected players in a perverse game.
And this game has a system. Stephen Miller, Trump’s architect of deportation policy, designed the program for white South African “refugees.” While children are separated at the border, migrants are deported, and asylum seekers are criminalized, a special pathway is opened for white South Africans. A racist privilege under the guise of humanitarian aid.
Those who sympathize with Nazi circles, those who advocate for the “Boerestaat” – a purely white state – are not combated in Trump’s America but invited. What was once called apartheid now receives a visa and residency rights. This is not refuge – this is a targeted import.
And then Donald Trump stands in the Oval Office and plays judge. Ramaphosa looks like a defendant. The press is filming. The lie becomes a weapon. Reality suffocates in the pathos of a president who styles himself as savior – while pursuing an entirely different agenda.
Anyone who uses the Oval Office like this should remain silent when it comes to moral superiority. Because the record is clear: deportations, propaganda, fake news, and the internal transfer of far-right networks. What Trump is doing is not protection. It is an attack. On truth. On democracy. And on human dignity.
He says he wants to help. In truth, he spreads hate. He says he wants to protect refugees. In truth, he favors only those who fit his worldview.
Trump’s silence would be dignity. His actions are abuse. What remains is the image of a man who not only undermines institutions but occupies their symbols – with lies, deception, and volume. And a South African president who, instead of being a guest, becomes a prop in a farce.
Welcome to Trump’s Oval Office. Where democracy becomes a backdrop.
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