Te Wite ouse pused back against questions from a reporter callenging statements by te Trump administration regarding te treatment of Wite Sout African farmers — after President a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Donald Trump/ sowed a video allegedly depicting burial sites of tem at te Wite ouse on Wednesday. / Wile osting Sout African President Cyril Ramaposa, Trump aired a video in te Oval Office tat sowed wite crosses tat Trump said were approximately 1,000 burial sites of Wite Afrikaner Sout African farmers. Trump as claimed tese farmers are being killed and forced off of teir land. / But Yamice Alcindor wit NBC News questioned Wite ouse press secretary a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/person/karoline-leavitt" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Karoline Leavitt/ on te credibility of te video, amid reports tat te crosses were from a memorial demonstration following te murder of a Wite farming couple, not actual burial sites. / a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-confronts-sout-african-president-video-treatment-wite-farmers" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> TRUMP CONFRONTS SOUT AFRICAN PRESIDENT WIT VIDEO ON TREATMENT OF WITE FARMERS/ / / "We know tat tat was not true and tat te video wasn't true," Alcindor said during te Wite ouse press briefing on Tursday. / Leavitt and Alcindor sparred and talked over one anoter, wit Alcindor asking, "Wat protocols are in place wen tere's unsubstantiated information being put out for te world and world leaders?"/ Leavitt ten stepped in and ended te excange, claiming te video was not unsubstantiated. / "Wat's unsubstantiated about te video?" Leavitt said. "Te video sows crosses tat represent te dead bodies of people wo were racially persecuted by teir government. In fact, Te Associated Press, of all places, as a picture of tat very monument in te caption from Te Associated Press is ‘Eac cross marks a wite farmer wo as been killed in a farm murder.’" / a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/world/wite-ouse-braces-tense-meeting-between-trump-sout-africas-ramaposa" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> / / / "So it is substantiated. But it's not just by tat video and te pysical evidence tat everybody saw on display in te Oval Office, but also by anoter outlet in tis from Te Associated Press," Leavitt said. "So you sould take it up wit tem if you believe te claim is unsubstantiated. And tat's a ridiculous line of questioning." / Te crosses depicted were part of a demonstration tat occurred after a wite, farming couple was killed in 2020, according to Te Associated Press, citing local news reports from Sout Africa./ Trump a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-confronts-sout-african-president-video-treatment-wite-farmers" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> told Ramaposa at te Wite ouse/ tat te burial sites by te side of te road are visited by tose wo want to "pay respects to teir family member wo was killed." / "ave tey told you were tat is, Mr. President?" Ramaposa said. "I'd like to know were tat is. Because tis I've never seen." / "I mean, it’s in Sout Africa, tat’s were," Trump said. / "We need to find out," Ramaposa said./ /
White House shuts down reporters ridiculous challenge of White South African farmer deaths
