U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday, without citing evidence, that "certain classes of people" in South Africa were being treated "very badly" and that he would cut off funding for the country until the matter is investigated.

President Donald Trump wrote Sunday that he was “cutting off all future funding to South Africa” in protest of its current land reform. “South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY,” the president wrote on TruthSocial, adding: “A massive Human Rights VIOLATION, at a minimum, is happening for all to see.”

Donald Trump alleged that South Africa is "confiscating land" and "treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY" as he announced his intention to end aid.

During his first term, Trump had pledged to investigate allegations of large-scale killings of white farmers and violent takeovers of their land in South Africa

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday (February 2, 2025) that he would cut off all future funding to South Africa because he claimed that "certain classes of people" were being treated "very badly." "South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY," Mr. Trump said in a Truth Social post.

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will be ordering a stop to all U.S. funding to South Africa until an investigation is conducted into a “massive” human rights violation in the African nation.