Trump and Photo of Dead White Farmers

[opethNJ]

Earlier this week, the POTUS incorrectly described a photo he held up as being proof of White Farmers that were killed in South Africa. 

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.

Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa  
How Trump misrepresented images to support claims of "White genocide" in South Africa, including Congo video 
Multiple other sites covered this story so Im only putting 2 sources. 

From what I can see the WH has not relased a statement on it but the author of the article from which the photo was taken did say the following "The White House did not respond to a request for comment. Andrea Widburg, managing editor at American Thinker and the author of the post in question, wrote in reply to a Reuters query that Trump had "misidentified the image."" 
Source for Author Quote

So either he unknowingly misidentified information he was given or he willingly chose to misidentify it. If it is the first scenario then that is not acceptible for someone that is on his staff to essentially set him up even if it was an honest mistake. The second scenario, is in line with how loose and fast he plays with the truth when speaking. Not much else to say.

[UpIsNowDown]

im betting its part of the deal, im mean close friendship with Elon,

Elon contributes to Trumps election campaign ergo elon gets a favour in return, thats how politics works world wide, thats why i only have contempt for everyone of them, regardless of left or right, they are ALL liars and thieves and people who think otherwise are being hoodwinked

[Creaky]

Earlier this week, the POTUS incorrectly described a photo he held up as being proof of White Farmers that were killed in South Africa. 
Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa  
How Trump misrepresented images to support claims of "White genocide" in South Africa, including Congo video 
Multiple other sites covered this story so Im only putting 2 sources. 

From what I can see the WH has not relased a statement on it but the author of the article from which the photo was taken did say the following "The White House did not respond to a request for comment. Andrea Widburg, managing editor at American Thinker and the author of the post in question, wrote in reply to a Reuters query that Trump had "misidentified the image."" 
Source for Author Quote

So either he unknowingly misidentified information he was given or he willingly chose to misidentify it. If it is the first scenario then that is not acceptible for someone that is on his staff to essentially set him up even if it was an honest mistake. The second scenario, is in line with how loose and fast he plays with the truth when speaking. Not much else to say.

So if I am not mistaken, you are insinuating that, a politician is lying?
Good grief, how dare you ?, they are all above reproach

[opethNJ]

So if I am not mistaken, you are insinuating that, a politician is lying?
Good grief, how dare you ?, they are all above reproach

What does that have to do with anything I said?

[SomeStupidName]

You mean like when they showed us photos of filled hospital rooms during covid and it turned out those where just file photos from other incidents just meant to give the report visual representation of what a filled hospital rooms would looked like... yeah I can see why he maybe wasn't aware of what he was holding.

[Oldcarpy2]

"yeah I can see why he maybe wasn't aware of what he was holding."


Presumably he was briefed by his advisors?

[SomeStupidName]

"yeah I can see why he maybe wasn't aware of what he was holding."


Presumably he was briefed by his advisors?

Exactly so why wouldn't he trust that it was correct. It happens way to often and it makes me think either there is incompetence or sabotage. I'm sure most of us know where we stand on that.

[chivo]

Exactly so why wouldn't he trust that it was correct. It happens way to often and it makes me think either there is incompetence or sabotage. I'm sure most of us know where we stand on that.

Naahh if Trump team f**k up on the photos of dead farmers that's on him and it makes the team look weak and loses public credibility, at least from the people that are not emotionally invested in him.
I want to see this work but by pulling this errors they are just giving the TDS people all material they need.

On the other hand, I watched the whole video of trump with south African president and it was very odd, almost staged... It's priceless though and potus is a master in driving the dialogue and ramping up the deal, master negotiator this guy.

Also how trump called an NBC journalist an idiot like 6 times is awesome and totally fair. That journalist guy was so sub-normally intelligent that again it felt almost staged...

[Harte]

Maybe screwed up, but there is a point to be made about what's going on in South Africa.

Cyril Ramaphosa signs expropriation bill in South Africa
‘Kill the Boer’ Song Fuels Backlash in South Africa and U.S. - The New York Times

Harte