Trump orders South Africa aid freeze, will announce refugee resettlement program for white South African farmers

Associated Press via NY Post ^ | 2/07/25

[Libloather]

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.

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.

The order also references South Africa’s role in bringing accusations of genocide against Israel before the International Court of Justice.

[Libloather]

WIETZ - Winning In Every Time Zone.

[Nateman]

This kind of legal immigration I support. Those white Farmers are being murdered by a Communist regime.

[Equine1952]

Crap! Does this guy ever sleep? He’s wrecking my popcorn stash. Forget about my beer. :)

[Jonty30]

Best news yet.

[Liz]

Since dumping apartheid, transitioning to democracy in 1994, the United States and South Africa have built a solid bilateral relationship.

South Africa is a strategic partner of the United States, with strong collaboration in the areas of health, education, environment, and digital economy.

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What is the motto of South Africa?
The motto is: ! ke e: /xarra //ke, in the Khoisan language of the /Xam people.........meaning “diverse people” unite.

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There are more than 350 US corporations with direct investments in South Africa, and more than 6,000 US firms that do business in the country without subsidiaries.

Citibank is the only US bank with branches in South Africa.
Over 125 US banks have made loans to South Africa, mostly to the government.

Some of the largest American companies have operations in South Africa.
Some American companies with subsidiaries or affiliates in South Africa include:
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Goodyear
Firestone
IBM
3M
Mobil
Caterpillar
Caltex

[beaversmom]

Awesome! I think Russia did the same a few years in sick. I wish Trumpie would offer that status to every white South African. So many are poor. They live in shanty towns. They are shut out and persecuted.

[Libloather]

Breaking news every 15 minutes. Could be time to switch over to Wheaties. The beer still works out well.

[DAC21]

“for a law aiming to address some of the wrongs of South Africa’s racist apartheid era”

So putting food on ALL of S.A. table is racist. What a pant load by the AP. I see they wouldn’t put a name to this drivel.

[grobdriver]

Yup. From what I've read, white farmers and ranchers were feeding the country - then they had their farms and ranchers confiscated and given to the afflicted class, which then ran said farms and ranchers into the ground, producing nothing.

I'm guessing that's when USAID showed up.

[Adder]

Oh Boy! Migrants that will work!

[Uversabound]

Now we are talking! Plus, will these countries ever become independent if we keep on helping them like this plus they hate us

[FLT-bird]

Good. Its long past time somebody brought attention to the blatant racism of South Africa and the attempted genocide of Afrikaners as a people.

[ansel12]

I used to use this as an example of how selective the left is on immigration and what its purpose for it is, I’m glad to see this decision to treat the white South Africans as refugees at risk.

[rxh4n1]

“This kind of legal immigration I support. Those white Farmers are being murdered by a Communist regime.”

Once in a while there are news reports about family farms in the USA getting sold to big corps because there are no heirs willing to take them on. These people would be perfect for taking them over.

[dp0622]

Bring em on over!!

Staten Island would love to take a bunch!!

I’m guessing these folks would lean toward the right.

Especially when they found out how racist the left is towards them

[sockmonkey]

I follow some Afrikaners (Because I’m Lizzy) on YouTube who emigrated to Kunming China. They cite Safety as the number one reason they like China.

The Mom mentions being stared at by older ladies, the quietness of EV’s, and the foods as her biggest adjustments.

She describes the parks, and flowers as being so different from South Africa where the theft and vandalism preclude such places of pristine quietude and beauty.

[MotorCityBuck]

I think your confusing Migrants vs Illegal Aliens.
Your welcome.

[Adder]

I stand corrected...

[BigEdLB]

Let the South frican Farmers build a new farm here on the farmland we take back from. China