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 presented a video to South Africa’s leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, which he claimed showed burial grounds of more than 1,000 white farmers who had been killed in the country.
- This event followed ongoing debates fueled by exaggerated claims and misinformation about farm murders and an alleged white genocide in South Africa, which Ramaphosa contested as false.
- The video showed a roadside tribute in KwaZulu-Natal province made up of thousands of white crosses, arranged by farmer Rob Hoatson to commemorate his neighbors Glen and Vida Rafferty, who were murdered on their farm in 2020.
- Trump said, "These are burial sites," but Hoatson clarified the crosses were a memorial, and Ramaphosa emphasized that farm violence affects all races amid nearly 27,500 nationwide murders annually in South Africa.
- The meeting underscored deep disagreements about violence in South Africa and highlighted political tensions, but official data show farm murders account for less than 1% of total murders and no evidence supports the 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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