Last week, during a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, U.S. President Donald Trump raised concerns about ongoing violence against white farmers in South Africa. Trump confronted Ramaphosa with video evidence of farm murders, racist chants, and footage of the Witkruis memorial. Ramaphosa refused to acknowledge the issue.
What followed was a concerted effort by major American and Canadian media outlets to dismiss the claims as a far-right conspiracy theory — downplaying or outright denying the systemic killing of white farmers in rural South Africa.
