Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' did not come from footage of South Africa

Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from footage in Congo, not South Africa

In fact, the video, published by Reuters on February 3 and subsequently verified by the news agency's fact check team, showed humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma.

Trump’s image of ‘dead white farmers’ came from DRC, not SA

The footage from which the picture was taken shows a mass burial after an M23 assault on Goma in the DRC.

Trump’s image of dead ‘white farmers’ came from Reuters footage in

JOHANNESBURG: US President Donald Trump showed a screenshot of Reuters video taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of what he falsely presented on Wednesday as evidence of mass killings of white South Africans. “These are all white farmers that are being buried,” said Trump, holding up a print-out of an article accompanied by the picture during a contentious Oval

Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' did not come from footage of South Africa

The image U.S. President Donald Trump used was pulled from footage shot following deadly battles with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A video clip shown by Trump, released by Reuters on February 3, actually shows humanitarian workers carrying body bags of the dead in the Congolese city of Goma after attacks by Rwandan-backed M23 militants.