President Donald Trump is facing criticism for allegedly providing false evidence of a “genocide” against white farmers in South Africa, per OK Magazine. A closer look revealed that the image he presented during a press briefing was actually taken in the Congo.

In a press conference on Wednesday, May 21, alongside South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Trump remarked, “The farmers are not Black. I’m not saying that’s good or bad, but the farmers are not Black. The people are being killed in large numbers, and you saw all of those gravesites.” 

To support his claims, Trump shared reports alleging violence throughout the country. However, it turned out that the photos he used were not from South Africa at all. Trump displayed a printout from the website American Thinker, which allegedly supported his assertions. However, the blog post contained a screenshot from a YouTube video showing a response by Red Cross workers to incidents of mass rape and murder specifically in Goma, located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, not South Africa.

During the widely publicized meeting, President Ramaphosa acknowledged, “There is criminality in our country. People who do get killed, unfortunately, through criminal activity, are not only white people — the majority of them are Black people,” he noted while also highlighting the broader context of crime within his nation. 

“One of the most embarrassing moments for Americans was when Donald Trump pulled out a picture from the Congo and claimed it was a burial site for victims of his imaginary ‘white genocide’ in South Africa,” said one X user. 

#Clique, what are your thoughts?