Trump’s orders stopped to help in South Africa, claiming ill -treatment of white land owners

On Friday, President Trump ordered the suspension of all external aid to South Africa and said that his administration would give priority to the resettlement of the whites, the “African refugees” in the United States because of what he called the actions of the country’s government “to land owners who are not concerned.”

In the matter, Mr. Trump said that “the United States does not provide assistance or assistance to South Africa” ​​and that US officials must do everything in his power to help “Africans in South Africa who are victims of non -fair racial discrimination.”

This is followed by the accusation of Mr. Trump on his social media website on Sunday that the South African government was working in “a tremendous violation of human rights, at least.” He pledged a full investigation and promised to cut aid.

“South Africa is the confiscation of the land, and certain groups of people are treated very badly,” the president wrote in this position. “It is a bad situation that the radical left media does not want to mention a lot.”

It was amazing to provide official American support for long conspiracy theories about South Africa’s white abuse in the post -Apartisan era.

Mr. Trump made repeated claims without evidence of the resonance of these conspiracy theories. In 2018, it is He ordered the Minister of Foreign Affairs To consider “widespread murder for farmers” – demanded by official personalities and the largest group of farmers in the country.

Mr. Trump’s recent comments were in reference to a policy signed by President Cyril Ramavusa from South Africa last month.

The law, known as the confiscation law, cancel the law of the era of apartheid and allows the government in certain cases to acquire private lands in the public interest without paying compensation-which is not done until after a justification process subject to judicial review.

The order issued by Mr. Trump came a day after Mr. Ramavusa was handed over the nation’s case with a challenge that appears to be a reference to the accusations of the American President.

“We will not be intimidated,” he said. The leader of South Africa pledged to stand united in the face of what he called “the rise of nationalism and protectionism.”

“We will talk in one voice in defense of our national interest, sovereignty and constitutional democrats,” he said.

In addition to the suspension of foreign aid, Mr. Trump ordered officials to provide “humanitarian” assistance to Avrikanis and allow members of the South African African minority to request refuge in the United States through the American Refugee Program.

Since moving to democracy in 1994, the South African government has followed a desire to try to transfer ownership of more lands to the country’s black majority. The new law came, with limited exceptions to this approach, as many black African Africa argued that Nelson Mandela and other leaders did not do enough to force the white minority to abandon the wealth that accumulated during the apartheid.

South African colonial systems were especially brutal to get rid of blacks from their land and remove them strongly. Despite the efforts made by post -colonial governments, the result is still clear to this day: White South Africa, who make up 7 percent of the population, agricultural lands covering the majority of the country’s lands.

In a previous executive order, Mr. Trump called for a three -month stoppage in the United States Refugee Program, which prevents the acceptance of desperate persons from war, economic conflict, natural disasters, or political persecution. On Friday, South Africa seems to be eggs an exception to the broader stop.

Although it is not clear whether it has an impact on the president’s command, Elon Musk, the billionaire who has become a close consultant to the president, from South Africa. In 2023, Mr. Musk posted similar right -wing conspirators around South Africa on X, his social media platform.

“They publicly pay the genocide of white people in South Africa,” Mr. Musk wrote.

Mr. Ramaphosa and Mr. Musk spoke on the phone after this social media, as the President of South Africa tried to clarify what he called “Wrong Information” by Mr. Trump.

In a large part of South Africa, the attacks of Mr. Trump inspired in recent days a few political unity, with the left, the center and even some right -wing activists who all say that the American President’s description of the Land Transfer Law was a mistake.

His awaited complaint between some white South Africa who claim to be discriminated with by the black -led government after the apartheid. But Mr. Trump’s comments also angered many South Africa, who saw the law a necessary way to reform historical injustice.

Since 1994, when South Africa became democratic, the country has a close relationship with the United States. Barack Obama visited several times during his presidency, including when he attended the memorial service for Mr. Mandela, who was 27 years in prison before becoming head of the country.

But Mr. Trump’s actions on Friday made it clear that he did not look at the relationship in the same way.

South Africa received more than $ 400 million of aid from the United States in 2023, almost all of them are making financing efforts to combat HIV and AIDS. The government said that US financing constitutes about 17 percent of its budget to combat HIV

African, white, right -right, has praised the accusation of Mr. Trump for the South African government in recent days.

Ernest Rots, Executive Director of the Africanner Foundation, which presses international support for the interests of the Africans, said that although the government was not seizing on the ground, it was trying to create a legal and political framework to be able to do this, said Ernest Rots, Executive Director of the African Corporation, which presses international support for the interests of the Africans.

Mr. Rots said that the confiscation law opens the door to ill -treatment, because the government “can justify many things under the slogan of public interest.” But even Mr. Rotes and his group did not call on Mr. Trump to reduce aid on a large scale to South Africa, instead to obtain targeted measures against government leaders.

After Mr. Trump commented for the first time about the confiscation of lands, the South African government tried to mediate a conversation between Foreign Minister and Marco Rubio, Foreign Minister, according to Emir Rasul, South African ambassador to the United States. But the Trump administration did not respond.