Mtambo and Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Facing a barrage of debunked claims from U.S. President Donald Trump that white people were being persecuted in his country, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa remained composed,

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa broke up stern trade talks at the White House with a joke about wishing he had a gift for the president.

These are burial sites," Donald Trump said, pointing to his video of South Africa. "Over a thousand of white farmers.” His evidence, however, wasn't real.