23.05.2025 01:00
During a meeting at the White House yesterday, U.S. President Donald Trump was involved in a 'genocide' debate with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, during which he displayed screenshots that he claimed were related to incidents of violence against white farmers. It has now been revealed that these screenshots were taken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
There has been a new development in the 'genocide' debate that U.S. President Donald Trump had with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting at the White House yesterday.
IMAGES SHOWN AS EVIDENCE OF GENOCIDE WERE TAKEN IN CONGO
It has emerged that the screenshots Trump showed to Ramaphosa yesterday, related to incidents of violence against white farmers in South Africa, actually belonged to a video taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
RELATED TO A MASS FUNERAL
It was stated that the images captured by Reuters reporter Djaffar Al Katanty and published on February 3 were taken in the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, depicting humanitarian aid workers carrying body bags. The images were reported to be from a mass funeral held after clashes with the M23 rebel group.
WHAT HAPPENED?
U.S. President Donald Trump hosted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House yesterday. During the meeting, Trump described the violence against white farmers in South Africa as 'genocide,' showing the screenshots to the cameras and stating, "These are all buried white farmers."
Afterward, Trump showed Ramaphosa some images, saying, "White farmers are being dispossessed and killed. If this is genocide, we need to take these people into our country." Referring to U.S. billionaire Elon Musk, Trump said, "Elon is from South Africa. He knows very well what is happening."
"I WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT WAS TAKEN"
Ramaphosa stated that he had not seen the images before and expressed, "I want to know where it was taken before these videos were shown to me." Ramaphosa added, "What is happening in South Africa is not a racially based genocide, but a widespread crime problem. The victims are not only white, but mostly black."