A local representative of an area shown in a video played at the White House said she was "sad" that U.S. President Donald Trump used the footage of hundreds of white crosses as false evidence of mass killings of white South African farmers.

Trump showed a screenshot of a Reuters video from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He falsely presented it mass killings of white South Africans.

Trump hosted South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House amid tensions between the two nations over the U.S. resettlement of white South Africans.

Trump made several false statements and misrepresented some facts during a contentious Oval Office meeting on Wednesday with President Cyril Ramaphosa.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa broke up stern trade talks at the White House with a joke about wishing he had a gift for the president.