Trump signs executive order to freeze aid to South Africa because of discrimination against the country’s white minority

[Morrison71]

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/07/trump-south-africa-citing-countrys-land-expropriation-law-00203225?cid=apn

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that he'll freeze assistance to South Africa for a law aiming to address some of the wrongs of South Africa's racist apartheid era — a law the White House says amounts to discrimination against the country's white minority.

"As long as South Africa continues to support bad actors on the world stage and allows violent attacks on innocent disfavored minority farmers, the United States will stop aid and assistance to the country," the White House said in a summary of the order. The White House said Trump is also going to announce a program to resettle white South African farmers and their families as refugees.

Trump was responding to a new law in South Africa that gives the government powers in some instances to expropriate land from people. The White House said the law "blatantly discriminates against ethnic minority Afrikaners."

The Expropriation Act was signed into law by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last month and allows the government to take land in specific instances where it is not being used, or where it would be in the public interest if it is redistributed.

It aims to address some of the wrongs of South Africa's racist apartheid era, when Black people had land taken away from them and were forced to live in areas designated for non-whites.
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Elon Musk, a close Trump ally and head of Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency, has highlighted that law in recent social media posts and cast it as a threat to South Africa's white minority.

 

[Morrison71]

That was totally Elon's doing. Shit like this makes it clearly obvious that Trump is just doing what other people tell him to do. He's basically just a vessel used to carry out the alt right's wishes.

 

[Morrison71]

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

I’m sure that when if it was white people stealing land, that Donald Trump would defend those original landowners as well. Oh, wait…

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[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

 

[win1forthe]

China is becoming a strong ally to South Africa. American influence in South Africa will not be needed or wanted.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/07/trump-south-africa-citing-countrys-land-expropriation-law-00203225?cid=apn

Long overdue.

South Africa farm fanilies have been facing violent and deadly attacks for years. Some of the most vicious attacks involving rape, torture and murder. The accounts are shocking and brutal.

 

[WDSMHAWK]

Elon wants to bring Apartheid back to South Africa

 

[win1forthe]

Elon wants to bring Apartheid back to South Africa

When he’s done messing up our country, he can go back to his and set them back several hundred years.

 

[Moral]

Elon wants to bring Apartheid back to South Africa

And to America.

 

[Firekirknow]

This is peak maga

 

[lucas80]

Long overdue.

South Africa farm fanilies have been facing violent and deadly attacks for years. Some of the most vicious attacks involving rape, torture and murder. The accounts are shocking and brutal.

Are those things illegal and subject to arrest and prosecution?
Figures you'd white knight for Apartheid.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

When he’s done messing up our country, he can go back to his and set them back several hundred years.

South Africa has already turned into a disaster.

As police lose the war on crime in South Africa, private security companies step in​

It's an all-too-common story in South Africa, a country that in the past year has seen an average of 75 killings and 400 robberies with aggravating circumstances every day, according to official statistics. While it may be Africa's most developed country, it also has one of the highest violent crime rates in the world.

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/07/1223358578/as-police-lose-the-war-on-crime-in-south-africa-private-security-companies-step-

 

[goldmom]

Elon wants to bring Apartheid back to South Africa

Oh look - stupidity has entered the chat. 🤪

 

[goldmom]

And to America.

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[95Hawk]

Oh look - stupidity has entered the chat. 🤪

Must. Defend. Elon. At. All. Times.
















(but I totes didn’t vote for Trump a 3rd time)

 

[soonerinlOUisiana]

Well done, President Trump!!!!!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

 

[RileyHawk]

South Africa has already turned into a disaster.

As police lose the war on crime in South Africa, private security companies step in​

It's an all-too-common story in South Africa, a country that in the past year has seen an average of 75 killings and 400 robberies with aggravating circumstances every day, according to official statistics. While it may be Africa's most developed country, it also has one of the highest violent crime rates in the world.

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/07/1223358578/as-police-lose-the-war-on-crime-in-south-africa-private-security-companies-step-

Did you read the article? This is happening due to the underfunding of police forces. The rich are funding private security for themselves. Sound familiar?