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SunSeeker

(56,164 posts) Wed May 21, 2025, 11:27 PM May 21

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 21 OP

Don't think he/they didn't know. AloeVera May 21 #1

I dont think he knows quakerboy May 22 #11

"That he has no shame is what makes him so dangerous"' B.See May 22 #13

The pushback is always tepid and weak. tman May 21 #2

There is one non-fake grave which I would be delighted to discover. Jack Valentino May 21 #3

Respect for graves by Trump Norrrm May 22 #4

That's just disgraceful. calimary May 22 #7

Reportedly to receive a tax cut - for it being a cemetery. rubbersole May 22 #8

Even JERKier. calimary May 22 #21

Which, IMO, goes to prove that their kids (Jr., Ivanka, and Eric) no_hypocrisy May 22 #12

I remember Trump Crying at The Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France Xipe Totec May 22 #5

Of course they were. That GD Propaganda Machine Needs Cha May 22 #6

I thought it was the Witkruis Monument (which is not what Trump described) LauraInLA May 22 #9

Just a racist piece of shit Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 22 #10

G.O.P. again willfully VIOLATES direct orders from God BoRaGard May 22 #14

they are massive sinners and should go to hell LymphocyteLover May 22 #16

G.O.P. has chosen riches in this life, and eternal damnation in the firey pit of Hell BoRaGard May 22 #18

There's only one grave I really want to see LymphocyteLover May 22 #15

Thanks! That WaPo report is behind a paywall, though. Could someone please provide a non-sub link? TheRickles May 22 #17

Here's an archive link. SunSeeker May 22 #19

Thank you! I guess the meeting was just another Oval Office hit job on a foreign leader. TheRickles May 22 #20

K & R electric_blue68 May 22 #22