An image Donald Trump held up in the Oval Office on Wednesday as evidence of violence against white South African farmers actually showed people in an entirely different country. In a wild Oval Office meeting,

The images and videos Trump cited as proof have been proven to be fake or taken out of context, marking what is likely the first time fake news was presented at such a high level of diplomacy inside t

It wasn’t the first time Trump had publicly upbraided a visiting dignitary. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy was subjected to a similar tongue-lashing in February, berated by Trump and JD Vance for failing to show enough gratitude to the US, in a bruising encounter that raised fears of a full rupture between the two allies.