“It’s a genocide that’s taking place" in South Africa against "white farmers.”
What FactCheck.org found
There is a real issue with South African farmers being killed or violently attacked, experts told us. But most of the violent acts are committed during robberies in a country where most of the wealth and land post-apartheid is still owned by a relatively small white minority.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (U.S. President) made this claim around 12 May 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 May 2025, 4 days later. Its rating was “Unsupported”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
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