President Donald Trump held up a photo purporting to prove that a “genocide” is happening in South Africa, but the image is actually from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Trump’s insistence on a white genocide taking place in South Africa follows years of conspiracy theories from far-right, fringe groups.

President Donald Trump held up a photo purporting to prove that a "genocide" is happening in South Africa, but the image is actually from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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While violence remains a serious issue in South Africa, the video Trump played did not show 1,000 “burial sites” or prove there is a white genocide in the country.

Trump interrupted the televised meeting with Ramaphosa to play a video, which he said showed evidence of genocide of white farmers in South Africa.