South African leaders say Trump’s order “fails to recognise South Africa’s profound and painful history of colonialism and apartheid.”
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting foreign aid to South Africa, citing concerns over the country’s new land expropriation law, which the White House has condemned as discriminatory against minority groups in the country.
“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 statement. Additionally, the administration confirmed that Trump plans to announce a program to resettle minority white South African farmers as refugees.
The controversial law, signed last month by South African President Cyril…
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