So that video Trump played today of alleged mass graves in South Africa? They were fake graves.

[SunSeeker]

The white crosses were not marking actual graves. It was a protest, with crosses set up to represent graves:

At one point, Trump played a clip which allegedly featured the families of white farmers displaying crosses to honor their dead loved ones. When asked to provide the location of the video, Trump was able to offer few specifics in response. According to a Washington Post report, that video was from a protest on this issue and not from actual gravesites.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-south-african-president-white-farmers_n_682e0b25e4b05544a3200b08

Trump is such an embarrassment to our country.

[AloeVera]

1. Don't think he/they didn't know.

Propaganda tactic. Works on his base.

That he has no shame is what makes him so dangerous.

[quakerboy]

11. I dont think he knows

He doesnt care if its true, so why would he bother forming an opinion about whether its true or not? The dictator says it is so, so it is so, whether it was before or not.

[B.See]

13. "That he has no shame is what makes him so dangerous"'

Not to mention the fact that he's trying to openly incite racial HATE and conflict (IF not war) at home AND abroad.

The guy's a worldwide pestilence if ever there was one.

[tman]

2. The pushback is always tepid and weak.

Much like the "eating cats and dogs" lie, it won't matter.

[Jack Valentino]

3. There is one non-fake grave which I would be delighted to discover.

86 47

[Norrrm]

4. Respect for graves by Trump

Using the graves of our honored war dead at Arlington for a photo op.

Buried his ex in a golf course and could not be bothered to even mow the grass.

[calimary]

7. That's just disgraceful.

Buried his ex in a golf course. Dear God in Heaven…

[rubbersole]

8. Reportedly to receive a tax cut - for it being a cemetery.

[calimary]

21. Even JERKier.

Every time I see or hear his name, one word comes up: JERK!

Except sometimes a different word comes up: ASSHOLE!

[no_hypocrisy]

12. Which, IMO, goes to prove that their kids (Jr., Ivanka, and Eric)

care more for their potential inheritance than for their mother.

You can't tell me that Ivana put her ex-husband's name in her Will to be the Executor.

And if it WERE one or all the kids, TSF went to them and told them to do what he told them to do, not what the Will directed. And that was the reason Ivana was buried, then neglected, in the Bedminster golf course.

You can easily see the contempt that TSF had for her, b/c she raked him over the coal in the media, in the courts, and in the eyes of their children.

[Xipe Totec]

5. I remember Trump Crying at The Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France

Oh, wait, that never happened.

Silly me.

[Cha]

6. Of course they were. That GD Propaganda Machine Needs

to be Kicked out of our WH.

[LauraInLA]

9. I thought it was the Witkruis Monument (which is not what Trump described)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witkruis_Monument

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. Just a racist piece of shit

[BoRaGard]

14. G.O.P. again willfully VIOLATES direct orders from God

What does that tell you about them?

[LymphocyteLover]

16. they are massive sinners and should go to hell

[BoRaGard]

18. G.O.P. has chosen riches in this life, and eternal damnation in the firey pit of Hell

Weird self-condemning choice, if you are an actual Believer.

Sayonara, Grievous G.O.P. Sinners and Suckers (according to The Bible).

[LymphocyteLover]

15. There's only one grave I really want to see

[TheRickles]

17. Thanks! That WaPo report is behind a paywall, though. Could someone please provide a non-sub link?

Thanks in advance.

[SunSeeker]

19. Here's an archive link.

https://archive.is/20250522030703/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/21/trump-south-africa-white-afrikaners-violence/

The NY Times ran a similar story, posted in LBN, https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3463558

[TheRickles]

20. Thank you! I guess the meeting was just another Oval Office hit job on a foreign leader.

[electric_blue68]

22. K & R