Moments before President Donald Trump escorted his South African counterpart into the Oval Office on Wednesday, White House aides could be seen wheeling two large-screen televisions down the driveway and into the West Wing. Little could have prepared President Cyril Ramaphosa for what he was about to see.

Axar.az reports, citing CNN, Trump ordered the lights dimmed and launched into what amounted to an ambush of his visitor, screening a video he claimed was evidence for his false suggestion that White South Africans are being subjected to persecution and “genocide.”

A shocked Ramaphosa, who had just been exchanging pleasantries with Trump about golf, watched silently. An experienced diplomat who once served as Nelson Mandela’s chief negotiator during talks to end White minority rule, Ramaphosa could barely disguise his discomfort.

The moment was an orchestrated one, with Trump’s team also having printed out articles for him to hold up in front of the cameras that he said backed up his claims of White “genocide.”

“What you saw in the speeches that were being made—that is not government policy. We have a multiparty democracy in South Africa that allows people to express themselves,” Ramaphosa said after the video. “Our government policy is completely, completely against what he was saying.”

However, Trump said he had heard from “thousands” of people about the issue. And despite Ramaphosa’s calm attempts to describe his country’s situation and pick apart Trump’s allegations, Trump appeared unmoved.

"I'm sorry I don't have a plane to give you," Ramaphosa apologized, apparently jokingly. "I wish you did. I'd take it," said Trump. "If your country offered the United States Air Force a plane, I would take it."

A White House official said Trump was using Wednesday’s event to shed light on an issue that the administration believes the “media had turned a blind eye to.” CNN has investigated the claims of White “genocide” in South Africa and found no evidence to back them up.