President Trump recently made claims of a "genocide" of white Afrikaner farmers in South Africa during a meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa. Displaying a video purportedly showing burial sites of white farmers, Trump cited it as evidence. However, the video depicted a memorial honoring Glen and Vida Rafferty, murdered on their farm, not burial sites. This misrepresentation raised questions, with officials clarifying the crosses indicated local mourning and protest, not mass graves. Furthermore, Trump inaccurately associated a photograph from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with South Africa, highlighting concerns regarding misinformation.
The video showed a road lined on either side with scores of white crosses and a procession of cars carrying mourners paying their respects.
The crosses didn't represent a specific number of farm murder victims, they were a symbolic tribute to the murdered couple.
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