Trump Presents False South Africa White Farmer Burial Site Claims

During a White House meeting, President Donald Trump presented South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with a video he claimed showed burial sites of over 1,000 white farmers, asserting a white genocide in South Africa. However, investigations revealed the footage actually depicted a memorial procession near Newcastle, South Africa, in 2020, where white crosses symbolized victims of farm attacks but did not mark actual graves. Trump admitted he did not know the exact locations of these alleged burial sites when questioned by Ramaphosa, who expressed skepticism about the genocide claims. The memorial, known as the Witkruis Monument, is a symbolic site with white-painted metal crosses representing farm attack victims but has been criticized for promoting a racially selective narrative favoring white victims. Critics emphasize that farm attacks affect South Africans of all races and highlight concerns over white nationalist symbolism displayed at the site. This misrepresentation underscores the broader debunked conspiracy theory about a white genocide in South Africa that Trump has sought to amplify.