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Donald Trump pledged to stop all American aid in South Africa due to land confiscation policies, which led to a decrease in Rand.
The American president claimed that recent measures enabled the government to unlike landsmarks and accused the southern authorities of Africa of dealing with “certain groups of people very badly.”
He added: “I will cut all the future funding for South Africa until the full investigation of this situation is completed!”
Trump's comments, which were made on the social truth, raised a 1.9 percent decrease in South Africa, which weakened to $ 19 per dollar.
He later told reporters that the South African leadership was working in “some terrible things and terrible things” and suggested without providing evidence or details that the situation was worse than confiscating land alone.
President Cyril Ramavusa has signed a bill for expenses in law this month. “Local, local and national authorities will use this legislation to maintain land in the public interest for various reasons, among other things, to enhance totalitarianism and reach natural resources.” South African government site.
The United States set nearly $ 440 million in South Africa in 2023, last year for which the data was available. The Trump administration has suspended all foreign aid for 90 days and threw the future of the main International Relief Agency In doubt With the appearance of its website, dozens of employees were placed on vacation.
Ramavusa last month told reporters in Davos that he was “not worried” about the relationships and that Trump had spoken after the election of the American President. South Africa holds the presidency of the Group of Twenty this year.
Trump's ally and head of government efficiency, Elon Musk, was originally closed from South Africa.
The Musk team has practiced wider control over US departments and agencies in recent days, including control over Treasury payment system And send representatives to the US Agency for International Development to access information there, including the classified information. Two senior security officials were placed on vacation after refusing to arrive.
During his first term, Trump said that his government would investigate the widespread killings of white farmers. The South African government rejected these allegations as baseless.
Trump previously targeted the BRICS countries, in which South Africa is a member of it, threatening them with 100 percent of the customs tariff if it moved away from the dollar as a backup currency.
