Fact-checking Donald Trump's Oval Office confrontation with Cyril Ramaphosa

President Trump made a series of claims about the killing of white farmers in South Africa, some of which are demonstrably false.

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The meeting - at first warm and light-hearted - quickly changed tone as Trump asked his staff to play a video mostly showing South African opposition politician Julius Malema chanting a song calling for violence against white farmers.

The video also included footage showing rows of crosses, which he claimed was a burial site for murdered white farmers, and presented Ramaphosa with copies of articles which he said documented widespread brutality against South Africa's white minority.

Supporters of the Trump administration have long amplified claims of violence against the white minority, notably Elon Musk and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who ran segments on the supposed genocide during the president's first term. Some of these claims are demonstrably false.

The footage played by Trump in the Oval Office showed rows of white crosses stretching off into the distance along a rural road. Trump claimed: "These are burial sites right here. Burial sites. Over a thousand of white farmers."