US EditionTrump-Ramaphosa Meeting: The South African Road Incorrectly Identified as a 'Burial Site' by US President
- On May 21, 2025, during a meeting in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump showed a video to South Africa’s leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, claiming it depicted the burial sites of more than 1,000 white farmers.
- Trump cited a roadside installation featuring thousands of white crosses in KwaZulu-Natal as evidence, although the crosses served as a memorial for Glen and Vida Rafferty—neighbors who were murdered—rather than marking actual graves.
- The video also included clips of Julius Malema and sought to highlight violence against white farmers despite South Africa not releasing race-based crime data and most farm murders stemming from robbery.
- Trump stated, “These are burial sites,” labeling the situation a genocide, while Ramaphosa acknowledged general criminal violence but rejected claims of systematic killing of white Afrikaners.
- Experts note farm murders represent less than 1% of South African murders and that the government is implementing rural safety measures, indicating no official endorsement of a white genocide claim.
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Trump Video Doesn't Show 'Burial Sites' in South Africa
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In a salient moment with the leader of South Africa, President Donald Trump played a video that he said showed “burial sites” for a thousand white farmers — the victims of what he has called a genocide — along a roadside in South Africa. Ramaphosa and Trump look on as a video plays in the Oval Office on May 21. Photo by Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images. It actually showed a 2020 d…
Trump’s Absurd Claim About White Genocide ‘Grave Sites’ Debunked — By Guy Who Created Them
President Donald Trump’s absurdly false claim that a “White Genocide” propaganda video showed thousands of “grave sites” was debunked by the man who created the monument in the video, Rob Hoatson. A bilateral meeting in the Oval Office between Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa quickly descended into chaos Wednesday as Trump brawled with reporters, forced Ramaphosa to watch a White Genocide propaganda video, and bitterly argued wi…
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