• Trump used footage from Congo to support false claims of white farmers' genocide in South Africa.
• South African officials criticized Trump's statements as 'twisted' and misleading.
• The controversial video showed a temporary memorial for a couple killed on a farm, not burial sites.
• Media analysts and journalists pointed out that the original image came from Reuters footage.

During a recent Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, U.S. President Donald Trump presented a screenshot of a Reuters video that showed humanitarian workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He falsely claimed, "These are all white farmers that are being buried," as he referenced this image to suggest mass killings of white South Africans. The video was filmed in Goma, Congo, following violent clashes with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, clarifying Trump's misrepresentation of the context, according to Reuters and South China Morning Post.

Trump's claims were further scrutinized by South African officials, including Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, who stated that the crosses depicted in Trump's video were part of a temporary memorial established in memory of a white couple murdered on their farm in a robbery. Mchunu asserted that these did not denote burial sites as Trump suggested, countering Trump's narrative of a racial genocide against white farmers in South Africa. This statement reflects a broader appeal to clarify the misrepresentations made by Trump, as reported by Los Angeles Times and Africa News.

The footage played during the meeting included misleading interpretations of comments made by South African politicians, which Trump used to justify his claims of a genocidal campaign against white farmers. While the narrative has been embraced in certain political circles, South African government officials have vehemently rejected these allegations, emphasizing the reality of violence affecting both white and black farmers in the nation. This situation has highlighted the need for accurate media representation, according to Africa News and India Times.