Other images displayed by Trump during meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa were false or misleading

The evidence of supposed mass killings of white South Africans presented by Donald Trump in a tense White House meeting on Wednesday were in some cases images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, while footage shown during the meeting was falsely portrayed as depicting “burial sites”.

“These are all white farmers that are being buried,” said Trump, holding up a print-out of an article accompanied by a picture during the contentious Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The picture accompanying the article was in fact a screengrab of a video published by Reuters on 3 February and subsequently verified by the news agency’s fact check team, showing humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma. The image was pulled from Reuters footage shot after deadly battles with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.

  • Tiger@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Fun fact, it’s both! He knows he’s lying all the time and doesn’t care. He’s also stupid.

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      16 hours ago

      That is certainly a fact, but I’m not sure I’d consider it a fun one.

    • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      This is the right answer. Life has already shown him that operating on a level playing field and being honest, really doesn’t get a guy like him very far. So the genius workaround is to lie your pants off instead, and build an alternative environment around yourself where you can’t lose.

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      19 hours ago

      My theory is that he’s so narcissistic that he genuinely believes every thought that comes into his mind is the truth.

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        12 hours ago

        hes like the system lords, they believe in thier own bs, because of thier narccistic personalities, except one.