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Other images displayed by Trump during meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa were false or misleading

The evidence of supposed mass killings of white South Africans presented by Donald Trump in a tense White House meeting on Wednesday were in some cases images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, while footage shown during the meeting was falsely portrayed as depicting “burial sites”.

“These are all white farmers that are being buried,” said Trump, holding up a print-out of an article accompanied by a picture during the contentious Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The picture accompanying the article was in fact a screengrab of a video published by Reuters on 3 February and subsequently verified by the news agency’s fact check team, showing humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma. The image was pulled from Reuters footage shot after deadly battles with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 22 hours ago

A lot of really distateful comments here, genuinely surprised they weren't deleted by mods

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

To choose SA of all places for this particular agenda has to be the most ironic thing I've heard in a while 🤦‍♂️ quite brave asw considering Musk's family history

[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ramaphosa was right to ask "I'd like to know where that is", when the "evidence" was shown to him live.

Other world leaders should be prepared to challenge Trump right to his face when he fabricates lies like this in those pathetic ambush attempts.

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