Trump Uses False Images in South Africa Dispute

During a tense Oval Office meeting, U.S. President Donald Trump presented images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, wrongly claiming they showed mass killings of white farmers in South Africa, while meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The images were actually Reuters footage of a mass burial in Goma, Congo, unrelated to South African farmers, and were debunked by Reuters and independent fact-checkers. Trump also misidentified a South African memorial site as a burial ground for white farmers, continuing to assert a widely discredited 'white genocide' narrative. South African officials, including the police minister, firmly rejected these conspiracy claims, citing a lack of evidence. The incident has heightened diplomatic tensions and drawn criticism for spreading misinformation. Despite international scrutiny, Trump has persisted with the unfounded genocide allegations.