"Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus." "We hope for better days; it shall rise from the ashes."--Motto of the city of Detroit
Unreal: To sustain his lie about a "genocide" of "white farmers" while meeting with the South African president, Trump used a photo of war deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I looked into this a bit more. It's worse than it first appeared. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/1956...
— Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) May 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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President Trump argued with President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa over Trump's false claims of mass killings of Afrikaners during an Oval Office meeting on Wednesday. Ramaphosa sought to explain the reality in his nation, pushing back on Trump's amplification of fringe theories.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) May 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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