US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut funding to South Africa, accusing the country of mistreating certain groups and confiscating land. He made the claim on Truth Social without providing evidence.
US President Donald Trump asserted on Sunday, without providing evidence, that specific groups of people in South Africa were facing mistreatment and threatened to halt funding to the country until a thorough investigation. \' South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY,' Trump stated in a Truth Social post. 'The United States won't stand for it, we will act.
Also, I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!' \The South African embassy in Washington DC did not respond to a request for comment outside of regular business hours. The United States committed nearly $440 million in assistance to South Africa in 2023, according to the most recent government data. This comes amidst South Africa's G20 presidency, which will be followed by the U.S. taking over the role. It is unclear whether the Trump administration initiated an investigation into the alleged killings of white farmers and land seizures in South Africa in 2018, as claimed by Trump at the time. Pretoria had refuted Trump's claims of widespread violence and misinformation. Elon Musk, a close ally of Trump and a native of South Africa, fueled the debate in 2023 by responding on X to a video of a far-left South African political party singing an old anti-apartheid song, 'Kill the Boer,' stating, 'They are openly pushing for genocide of white people in South Africa.
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