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SunSeeker

(57,566 posts) Wed May 21, 2025, 10:27 PM May 2025

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

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.

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So that video Trump played today of alleged mass graves in South Africa? They were fake graves. [View all] SunSeeker May 2025 OP

Don't think he/they didn't know. AloeVera May 2025 #1

I dont think he knows quakerboy May 2025 #11

"That he has no shame is what makes him so dangerous"' B.See May 2025 #13

The pushback is always tepid and weak. tman May 2025 #2

There is one non-fake grave which I would be delighted to discover. Jack Valentino May 2025 #3

Respect for graves by Trump Norrrm May 2025 #4

That's just disgraceful. calimary May 2025 #7

Reportedly to receive a tax cut - for it being a cemetery. rubbersole May 2025 #8

Even JERKier. calimary May 2025 #21

Which, IMO, goes to prove that their kids (Jr., Ivanka, and Eric) no_hypocrisy May 2025 #12

I remember Trump Crying at The Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France Xipe Totec May 2025 #5

Of course they were. That GD Propaganda Machine Needs Cha May 2025 #6

I thought it was the Witkruis Monument (which is not what Trump described) LauraInLA May 2025 #9

Just a racist piece of shit Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 #10

G.O.P. again willfully VIOLATES direct orders from God BoRaGard May 2025 #14

they are massive sinners and should go to hell LymphocyteLover May 2025 #16

G.O.P. has chosen riches in this life, and eternal damnation in the firey pit of Hell BoRaGard May 2025 #18

There's only one grave I really want to see LymphocyteLover May 2025 #15

Thanks! That WaPo report is behind a paywall, though. Could someone please provide a non-sub link? TheRickles May 2025 #17

Here's an archive link. SunSeeker May 2025 #19

Thank you! I guess the meeting was just another Oval Office hit job on a foreign leader. TheRickles May 2025 #20

K & R electric_blue68 May 2025 #22