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Trump Video Doesn’t Show ‘Burial Sites’ in South Africa

Trump Video Doesn’t Show ‘Burial Sites’ in South Africa

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. It actually showed a 2020 demonstration bringing attention to the issue of violence against farmers of all races in South Africa.