"A lot of people are very concerned with regards to South Africa."
“许多人对南非的情况表示严重关切。”
U.S. President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday with allegations of mass killings and land seizures from white people.
周三,美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在白宫会见南非总统西里尔·拉马福萨时,提出关于针对白人的大规模杀戮和没收土地的指控。
"But we have many people that feel they're being persecuted and they're coming to the United States. And we take from many, many locations if we feel this persecution or genocide going on. Generally, they're white farmers and they're fleeing South Africa."
“但许多人感到自己正遭受迫害,并来到美国。如果我们认为存在这种迫害或种族灭绝,我们会接纳来自世界各地的人。通常,他们是逃离南非的白人农民。”
South Africa rejects the allegation that white people are disproportionately targeted by crime.
南非方面驳斥了白人因犯罪活动不成比例受害的说法。
"There is criminality in our country. People who do get killed, unfortunately, through criminal activity are not only white people. Majority of them are Black people. You are raising concerns and these are concerns that we are willing to talk to you about."
“我国确实存在犯罪问题。不幸的是,因犯罪活动被杀的人不只是白人,其中大多数是黑人。你提出的关切,我们愿意就此进行讨论。”
Ramaphosa arrived saying he wanted to discuss trade and critical minerals.
拉马福萨到访时表示,他希望讨论贸易和关键矿产问题。
The televised Oval Office meeting got off to a cordial start. But then took a turn in a scene reminiscent of Trump's February ambush of Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
这场在白宫椭圆形办公室进行的电视直播会晤起初气氛友好。但随后急转直下,令人想起特朗普今年2月对乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基的突然发难。
"You're gambling with World War three, you're gambling with World War three."
“你们在拿第三次世界大战当赌注,你们在赌第三次世界大战。”
On Wednesday, Trump showed a video and held up printed articles purporting to show evidence to back up his unfounded claims that white South Africans are being persecuted.
周三,特朗普播放了一段视频并拿出了印刷文章,声称这些材料能支持他关于南非白人正遭受迫害的无根据指控。
Ramaphosa said he had not seen the video before, and that he would like to find out what the location was.
拉马福萨回应称他此前未看过该视频,并表示希望核实视频中的地点。
Trump has canceled aid, expelled South Africa's ambassador and offered refuge to white minority Afrikaners based on racial discrimination claims Pretoria says are baseless.
此前,特朗普以“种族歧视”为由取消了对南非的援助、驱逐其大使,并为少数族裔南非白人提供庇护,而比勒陀利亚方面称这些指控毫无依据。