The president vowed to cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a human rights violation, a move that reflects Elon Musk's repeated and false claims.
repeated and false claims over the years that authorities in his country of birth are anti-white and even encouraging the killing of white people.. The leadership is doing some terrible things, horrible things” without providing specifics. He said “they’re taking away land, they’re confiscating land, and actually they’re doing things that are perhaps far worse than that.
Many South Africans viewed Trump’s sudden pledge to punish America’s biggest trade partner in Africa as surprising and at least partly influenced by billionaire Tesla owner Musk, who was born in the South African capital of Pretoria but left for Canada after he completed high school.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.Ramaphosa responded to Trump’s comments Monday by saying the U.S. president was wrong and no land had been confiscated, and said he looked forward to “engaging” with the Trump administration over the issue. The South African government said that the U.S. didn’t understand the law.
Musk also waded into the issue Monday by replying to a post by Ramaphosa’s official account on X with the question: “Why do you have openly racist ownership laws?”Again, it remains unclear exactly what Musk was referring to, but his comments seemed to allude to South Africa’s affirmative action laws in business that are designed to advance opportunities for Blacks and other racial groups who were disadvantaged under apartheid.
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