Trump shows WION screengrab to back his claims of 'White Genocide' in South Africa

During his meeting with his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, in the Oval Office, U.S. President Donald Trump brandished a stack of printed articles. He claimed that these articles documented a genocide against white people in South Africa. Among these papers was a blog post featuring a photo with the WION logo.

But how did a WION clip land in the White House?

Trump played Ramaphosa a video that he claimed to prove genocide is being committed against white people.

driving farmers to flee to the United States. He also leafed through news articles to underscore his point.

Among the deck of papers he showed was a February article about tribalism in Africa from a website called “American Thinker”

He claimed that these were white farmers being buried. The article featured a blown-up image showing red cross workers in protective gear handling body bags. Close examination showed that the image was a screengrab from a WION video. The screengrab was taken from a video story published in February.

The footage, originally provided by Reuters, was part of a story from the democratic republic of Congo- the story talked about alleged killing and rape of women in the city of Goma.

The WION clip shown during the meeting soon made headlines with many fact-checking Trump's claims. Trump was given the big stacks of articles by his aides, which means the president may not have examined the articles themselves. Trump and his allies have claimed that there is a "genocide" targeting white farmers in South Africa,

The government in Pretoria has dismissed these claims, pointing out that most victims of crime in the country were black.