US president claims white South African farmers face systematic killings, echoing debunked white genocide narratives.

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.

The closed White House talks on Wednesday were preceded by a tense meeting, broadcast live, where Trump ambushed South African President Ramaphosa by playing a video that he claimed proved genocide is being committed against white people in South Africa.