Trump added that the United States would 'promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination.'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday froze US aid to South Africa, citing a law in the country that he alleges allows land to be seized from white farmers, despite Johannesburg's denials.The law would"enable the government of South Africa to seize ethnic minority Afrikaners' agricultural property without compensation," Trump said in an executive order, which also noted foreign policy clashes between the two countries over the Middle East.
Trump added that the United States would"promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination." Trump's ally Elon Musk, who was born in South Africa, has accused South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's government of having"openly racist ownership laws."
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