President Donald Trump showed an image of violence in Congo, not South Africa, to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in an Oval Office meeting.

President Trump made a series of claims about the killing of white farmers in South Africa, some of which are demonstrably false.

Claims of genocide can sometimes be difficult to adjudicate. This claim is easy. The facts show that the genocide President Donald Trump suggests might be happening is not happening – and that crime against White farmers in South Africa represents a tiny fraction of the country’s overall crime.