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Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo
(www.theguardian.com)
Like he can tell the difference.
this post was submitted on 23 May 2025
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If there’s a continent where white genocide is justified, Africa sure is a front runner!
Well
Where is Congo?
Is it in the north?
I rest my case /s
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I once got into an argument with a south African on reddit about white genocide. Even over there it's a political issue, but the way he and many people describe it makes it seem like if you even set foot there as a white person you'll get mugged.
I was saying I lived there for six months, spent a lot of town in the townships where it was only black people, and I legit never once was harmed. Yeah it's dangerous but like, they act like they've never been in a dangerous neighborhood in the states.
But because I was an American sharing this perspective and they were South African, I got relentlessly shamed by redditors. To be fair I get where they're coming from. If you have no clue about the issue and someone from another country trying to say something said about that persons own country is BS, it doesn't look good. But it's literally a political topic and he was coming at it from the extreme right perspective. Because I'm an American, like a dozen people took away from that thread that white genocide is real.
Quick, post it a third time
It just applies in so many situations!!! 🤷♂️
I heard the photos were supplied by the US based neo fucking Nazi group American Tinker.
To choose SA of all places for this particular agenda has to be the most ironic thing I've heard in a while 🤦♂️ quite brave asw considering Musk's family history
Ramaphosa was right to ask "I'd like to know where that is", when the "evidence" was shown to him live.
Other world leaders should be prepared to challenge Trump right to his face when he fabricates lies like this in those pathetic ambush attempts.
Lying liar lies again.
Honestly, I don't know if he's knowingly lying or just genuinely fucking stupid.
Fascists can never admit that they're wrong, becauae then their vaneer of being infallable immediately falls apart.
I still remember back in 2015-2016 when 4chan called Trump "God Emperor." That mentality hasn't gone away. Fascism is a cult.
In his defence (feels dirty and weird typing that) he's probably being lied to. I have very little clue about the legitimacy of information I get on world news, as everybody has an agenda and misinformation is so easy to create and disseminate. If he's got to be on the case with basically every issue, he'll just be getting fed information and has to trust that his advisors know what they're doing. I wouldn't bother fact checking everything if I were in that position, there's simply not enough hours in the day.
Of course he's also a confirmed liar and a known prick so who knows.
Fun fact, it’s both! He knows he’s lying all the time and doesn’t care. He’s also stupid.
That is certainly a fact, but I'm not sure I'd consider it a fun one.
This is the right answer. Life has already shown him that operating on a level playing field and being honest, really doesn't get a guy like him very far. So the genius workaround is to lie your pants off instead, and build an alternative environment around yourself where you can't lose.
My theory is that he's so narcissistic that he genuinely believes every thought that comes into his mind is the truth.
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I don't think anybody in our federal government that's in charge of anything has any good intentions at all at this point
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