President Donald Trump has halted all U.S. financial assistance to South Africa, citing concerns over land seizures, alleged violence against white farmers, and the country’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. Speaking this week, Trump warned he may skip the G20 summit in South Africa this November unless “the situation is taken care of.”
.@POTUS on South Africa: "It's a genocide that's taking place that you people don't want to write about... White farmers are being brutally killed, and their land is being confiscated... And the newspapers, and the media, and the television media doesn't even talk about it." pic.twitter.com/kq68lneJd5
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 12, 2025
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, speaking in Ivory Coast, dismissed the allegations, stating that some Afrikaners left the country due to resistance to post-apartheid racial reforms. Trump’s secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has already boycotted a G20 foreign ministers' meeting in protest.
DHS @DepSec_Edgar: It was great to greet these folks that came in from South Africa... These people have went through a lot... and we're just grateful to have them in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/1a4iV8err6
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A U.S. Health and Human Services spokesperson confirmed coordination with the State Department to support resettlement efforts for South African migrants, with more arrivals expected. Trump, supported by Elon Musk, claims the media ignores the plight of white South Africans: “If it were the other way around, that would be the only story they’d talk about.”
