Cyril Ramaphosa Doesn’t Expect Mistreatment or Embarrassment During Meeting With Donald Trump

• Cyril Ramaphosa will meet with Donald Trump to discuss his decision to grant Afrikaners refugee status in the USA
• The President of South Africa doesn't expect any moments of embarrassment or mistreatment during the meeting
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently got into a shouting match with Trump during a visit to the USA

Briefly News journalist Byron Pillay has dedicated a decade to reporting on the South African political landscape, crime, and social issues. He spent 10 years working for the Northern Natal Courier before transitioning to online journalism.

GAUTENG – Cyril Ramaphosa doesn’t anticipate any mistreatment or embarrassment when he meets with Donald Trump.

The President of the African National Congress (ANC) and South Africa will travel with a delegation to the United States of America to meet with President Trump.

The meeting will focus on some of the recent tensions between the two nations, including talks about Trump's decision to grant Afrikaners refugee status in the country.

Ramaphosa doesn't expect any funny business

Addressing the media in Pretoria on 15 May, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said that Ramaphosa expected a level of decorum when he meets with Trump.

The Minister in the Presidency agreed that Ramaphosa and Trump may differ on certain issues, but that Ramaphosa didn't anticipate any mistreatment or embarrassment when they do meet in Washington.

"So there is no one who invites a guest to mistreat them. So, we are expecting the highest level of decorum and necessary protocols to be accorded," she said.

Her comments were also about a recent meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Trump administration. The Ukrainian President was a guest of the American President in February 2025, but their meeting devolved into a shouting match.

Both Trump and US Deputy President JD Vance appeared to gang up on the Ukrainian President, saying that he needed to be grateful for their assistance.

You can watch the interaction below.

Trade talks also on the table

Ntshavheni added that apart from talks about the 49 Afrikaners who left for the US as refugees, the two nations would also discuss trade, with Ramaphosa reportedly set to present a trade package to the US.

She noted that there will be a deal, confirming that they will offer a package. Trump has stated that many countries wanted to do deals with him following his decision to increase tariffs across the board.

Trump imposed a 30% tariff on South Africa, claiming that terrible things were happening, including land grabs and indiscriminate killing of white Afrikaners.

What you need to know about Trump’s South African comments

• Trump cut all funding to South Africa after Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Land Expropriation Act.
• Donald Trump signed an executive order to classify Afrikaner farmers as refugees in the USA.
• Trump again offered citizenship to Afrikaans farmers and their families if they felt threatened in South Africa.
• The US President called South Africa a dangerous place in a tweet, which he later deleted.
• The US imposed 30% tariffs on South Africa as Trump maintained that terrible things were happening.

Trump threatens to skip G20 meeting

In a related article, Trump said he would not attend the upcoming G20 leaders’ summit in November in South Africa.

Briefly News reported that the US President stated that he would not visit unless the government dealt with the genocide.

Trump maintained that terrible things were happening in the country, including land grabs and racial murders.

Source: Briefly News