White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered a brutal takedown of NBC’s Yamiche Alcindor on Wednesday after the reporter attempted to discredit a video shown by President Trump depicting the genocide of White South African farmers.
During a tense exchange in the press briefing room, Alcindor challenged the legitimacy of the footage—claiming it was “unsubstantiated” and implying that the White House was spreading “misinformation”.
Alcindor opened with the network’s talking points:
“The president showed a video that he said showed more than 1,000 burial sites of White South Africans that he said were murdered. We know that was not true and the video wasn't true, so I wonder why did the president choose to show—”
Before she could finish, Leavitt cut in:
“What’s not true, Yamiche?”
Alcindor attempted to reframe:
“It’s not true that the video was showing a burial site. It is unsubstantiated that that’s the case—”
But Leavitt was ready.
“No, it is true. That video showed crosses in South A…