Ramaphosa hailed for keeping his cool in the Oval Office, but some questioned why he would walk into an ambush

Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims ignore reality of life and crime in South Africa

Many South Africans have praised their president, Cyril Ramaphosa, for staying calm when Donald Trump ambushed him in the Oval Office with a video purporting to back up his false claims of a “genocide” against white Afrikaner farmers.

Others asked why Ramaphosa, who brought ministers, golfers and a billionaire with him, chose to walk into what he knew was likely to be a trap.