New Delhi, May 23 -- In a dramatic and unexpected encounter on May 21, US President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office with a forceful, reality-TV style ambush. After cordial greetings, Trump abruptly ordered the lights to be dimmed and played a video purporting to show evidence of a violent campaign against white South African farmers.

Trump then pulled out a stack of printed news articles, repeatedly murmuring "death. death. death" as he handed them to Ramaphosa.

The video spliced together incendiary clips of opposition figure Julius Malema singing the controversial "Kill the Boer" song and calling for land occupation, implying a racial genocide against white Afrikaners.

Notably, Malema...