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"Burial sites" of white farmers, shown by Trump to SA President, not so (LINK) 22 May 2025
— During talks with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Washington on May 21, 2025, Donald Trump screened a video meant to support unfounded claims of the "persecution" of white farmers. This included aerial footage showing white crosses lining a road filled with a convoy of vehicles. "These are burial sites," Trump said. However, the highway is not flanked by graves. The footage is from a 2020 protest where crosses were erected in a symbolic gesture following the murder of a couple on their farm in Normandien. The latest available imagery, from 2023, some three years after the protest, showed that the crosses were no longer in place.
"Burial sites" of white farmers, shown by Trump to SA President, not so (LINK) 22 May 2025
— During talks with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Washington on May 21, 2025, Donald Trump screened a video meant to support unfounded claims of the "persecution" of white farmers. This included aerial footage showing white crosses lining a road filled with a convoy of vehicles. "These are burial sites," Trump said. However, the highway is not flanked by graves. The footage is from a 2020 protest where crosses were erected in a symbolic gesture following the murder of a couple on their farm in Normandien. The latest available imagery, from 2023, some three years after the protest, showed that the crosses were no longer in place.
Trump's 'let them fight' comment unrelated to India, Pakistan clash (LINK) 7 May 2025
Trump: in 2024, "China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States." False. — 11 April 2025 (LINK)
— Chinese exports to the U.S. In 2024, goods China exported to the U.S. amounted to $439 billion. United States' trade deficit in goods with China in 2024 was $295 billion, less than one-third of Trump's $1 trillion total.
BBC: Is the US making $2bn a day from tariffs? BBC Verify cannot find any published figures which show this. The US Treasury Department publishes a daily statement on how much money from customs duties goes to the federal government. Data from 7 April - which includes the impact of some of Trump's earlier tariffs — amounted to $215m (£168m). — 8 April 2025 (LINK)
— It is possible that Trump has based it on forecasts for the year ahead. The US imported $9bn (£7bn) worth of goods per day last year.Some analysts have calculated that the average rate of Trump's tariffs (as of 2 April) is 22%. Applying this to these import figures would get you to $2bn (£1.6bn) a day. But this calculation assumes that the volume of US imports would stay at this level.
Myanmar quake videos are horrifying. Yet fake AI clips have flooded social media — 2 April 2025 (LINK)
Hegseth says leaked Signal group text didn't have 'war plans'. But screenshots show attack details — 26 March 2025 (LINK)
No, China didn't 'cancel' US beef amid tariffs tit-for-tat: China raised tariffs on beef imported from the U.S. in March 2025 after the Trump administration raised tariffs on all imports from China. — 14 March 2025 (LINK)
Trump falsely claimed US spent $350bn on military aid to Ukraine. — 13 March 2025 (LINK)
— While it is possible to arrive at varying totals using different ways to categorize or count the financial figures, none amounts to $350 billion. As of this writing, the United States had allocated nearly $183 billion for the response to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, according to the U.S. government's inspector general overseeing the situation. That amount includes more than just what the U.S. government directly sent to Ukraine — and only $83 billion had actually been paid out as of December 2024.
Full-time employment increased under Biden, contrary to Rick Scott's claim. — 13 March 2025 (LINK)
Fake transcript of fiery Trump-Zelenskyy exchange in Oval Office goes viral. — 8 March 2025 (LINK)
NPR: DOGE's savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones: we found $2bn vs $55bn claimed. — 1 March 2025 (LINK)
— DOGE's savings page launched with a topline claim of $55 billion saved, with "receipts" that accounted for about $16.5 billion in contract cancellations. But an NPR review found the documented savings were grossly overstated, including with an apparent $8 billion typo, the misleading inclusion of procurement methods that act as lines of credit and billions of dollars in contracts that were not actually terminated. By matching DOGE's claims with federal contract data, that NPR analysis found estimated savings of only about $2 billion — a fraction of what the receipts claimed or the higher, unverifiable claim of $55 billion overall.
Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy's tense Oval Office meeting about Ukraine and Russia, fact-checked. — 28 February 2025 (LINK)
Trump and Starmer's White House talks: fact checked. — 27 February 2025 (LINK)
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