Yes, I can confirm that the photos Donald Trump presented as evidence of a "burial site" for white farmers in South Africa are actually from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), specifically related to an incident in Goma . This confirmation comes from multiple sources beyond the X post by @covie_93.
The website content linked in the original post, which appears to be from a news outlet, states that Trump showed an enlarged image of Red Cross workers in protective gear handling body bags, claiming it depicted "burial sites" of white farmers in South Africa. However, Agence France-Presse (AFP) identified the image as a screengrab from a February 2025 YouTube video showing Red Cross workers responding to an incident in Goma, DRC, where women were raped and burned alive during a mass jailbreak. This aligns with the details in the web search result from The Guardian (published February 5, 2025), which describes the horrific event at Goma’s Munzenze prison following the M23 rebel takeover, where female inmates were attacked, and the women’s wing was set on fire.
Additionally, the web search result from Joe.My.God. (published May 21, 2025) corroborates this, noting that Trump brandished articles in the Oval Office, including the same photo from the DRC, falsely claiming it showed the burial of white farmers in South Africa. The article specifies that the image was from the Goma incident, not South Africa.
Another web search result from The Washington Post (published May 22, 2025) doesn’t directly mention the Congo photo but confirms Trump’s misrepresentation of evidence, including showing a video of crosses he claimed were graves of white farmers. However, ABC News, cited in the website content, clarified that those crosses were part of a 2020 demonstration in South Africa after a white couple was killed, not a mass graveyard.
The web search result from AP News (published May 15, 2025) further contextualizes the situation in Goma, mentioning the Red Cross’s involvement in transferring disarmed Congolese soldiers from Goma to Kinshasa, reinforcing the timeline and location of Red Cross activities in the region around early 2025, consistent with the February incident.
These sources collectively confirm that the photo Trump used was indeed from the Congo, specifically tied to the Goma prison incident in February 2025, and not related to any events in South Africa. This misrepresentation fits a broader pattern of Trump amplifying the "white genocide" narrative, which has been debunked by South African authorities and a court ruling (per the BBC web result from February 25, 2025), as well as official crime data showing violence in South Africa is not disproportionately targeting white farmers.
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