The footage shows a mass burial in Goma, Congo, and was filmed by Reuters video journalist Djaffar Al Katanty, who said seeing Trump holding the article with the screengrab of his video was a shock.

The image came from a video that showed humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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.