Not even neighbors
Trump is a stinking liar chapter eleventy billion.
JOHANNESBURG, May 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump showed a screenshot of Reuters video taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of what he falsely presented on Wednesday as evidence of mass killings of white South Africans.
“These are all white farmers that are being buried,” said Trump, holding up a print-out of an article accompanied by the picture during a contentious Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
In fact, the video, published by Reuters on February 3 and subsequently verified by the news agency’s fact check team, showed humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma. The image was pulled from Reuters footage shot following deadly battles with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.
Hey now. They were in Africa. That’s close enough.
The footage from which the picture was taken shows a mass burial following an M23 assault on Goma, filmed by Reuters video journalist Djaffar Al Katanty.
“That day, it was extremely difficult for journalists to get in … I had to negotiate directly with M23 and coordinate with the ICRC to be allowed to film,” Al Katanty said. “Only Reuters has video.”
Al Katanty said seeing Trump holding the article with the screengrab of his video came as a shock.
“In view of all the world, President Trump used my image, used what I filmed in DRC to try to convince President Ramaphosa that in his country, white people are being killed by Black people,” Al Katanty said.
And to try to convince everyone else and to pin the blame on Ramaphosa.
President Ramaphosa came out of that looking like the President and Statesman Trump will never be. Eloquent. Well prepared. Using humour (I’m sorry I don’t have an airplane to give you”).
President Ramaphosa also defused Trump’s wild claims of a white genocide by bringing along two white golfers, neither of whom seemed inclined to play a round with Trump.
Unfortunately there IS a significantly can’t win by of the ANC that does want to go all Zimbabwe one white minority. Which has worked so well in that country. Heck…the rage is understandable. but SA has been remarkably calm. Albeit with a high violent crime rate. But why should people like Mysi’s father ever have to pay in any way for that country’s history”?
wing of the ANC
I don’t know where to put that. Can you just redo the whole sentence?
Unfortunately, there IS a significant wing of the GOP that does want to go all Wisconsin* on the black minority.
*https://247wallst.com/special-report/2016/12/08/worst-states-for-black-americans-3/