What to know about the 'white genocide' claims in South Africa

President Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting at the White House on Wednesday with baseless claims about mass murders of white South Africans, prompting the former freedom fighter to offer polite pushback.

The claims of a genocide against white Afrikaner farmers in the majority-Black nation prompted the Trump administration to offer expedited refugee status and U.S. citizenship to the group this year, a stark contrast to its treatment of most foreigners seeking to enter the country.