Trump said that Afrikaners, descendants of the first European settlers of South Africa, "are being killed and slaughtered, and their land and farms are being illegally confiscated."
The typhoon, the deadliest of 2025 according to disaster database EM-DAT, killed at least 204 people and left 109 missing, according to the latest government figures.
Israel said Mexican authorities had intervened to stop the attempt to kill its ambassador, Einat Kranz-Neiger, but Mexico's foreign ministry later said it had "received no information" on the alleged incident.
Prosecutors allege the owners of the venue overloaded its roof by installing air conditioning equipment and water tanks, and "ignored internal warnings about the deterioration of the roof" in order to save costs.