It's embarrassing that our president is trafficking in false claims, but more than that it's scary. It's scary because either the president is fed false information by his intelligence sources, or he ignores his intelligence. My sense is that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is providing Trump with only "MAGA approved" intelligence rather than fact-based intelligence.
Trump confronts South Africa's Ramaphosa with false claims of white genocide
During a contentious Oval Office meeting on Wednesday, President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with images and video clips that he said show an ongoing "genocide" against white farmers in the country.
But the footage the president pointed to in the dimmed White House room -- showing a row of crosses -- was not what Trump made it out to be.
"These are the -- these are burial sites right here," Trump said of the footage.
"Each one of those white things you see is a cross. And there's approximately a thousand of them. They're all white farmers, the family of white farmers. ...Those people are all killed," Trump added.
In reality, the video shows a protest that took place on Sept. 5, 2020, near Normandien, South Africa. The protest was called over the reported murder of two farmers at their home in the area days earlier, according to the local outlet Newcastle Advertiser.
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