On Sunday, President Donald Trump announced that he would halt all funding to the country of South Africa as long as the nation continues seizing the farmlands owned by white residents.

As The Epoch Times reports, South Africa recently passed a widely criticized law on expropriation, allowing the government to carry out seizures of any land it chooses. Such actions overwhelmingly target white South Africaners, who still own the majority of farmland in the country, with proponents of the law claiming that these seizures will restore racial equality in the country.

The law was signed on January 23rd by President Cyril Ramaphosa, dictating that the state has the authority to “expropriate land in the public interest…subject to just and equitable compensation being paid.” Critics of the law have already vowed to challenge its legality in the court system.

In a post on Truth Social, President Trump called out South African leadership for “treating certain classes of people very badly.”

“It is a bad situation that the Radical Left Media doesn’t want to so much as mention,” the president continued. “A massive Human Rights violation, at a minimum, is happening for all to see. The United States won’t stand for it, we will act.”

President Trump went on to declare that all future funding to South Africa will be suspended while an investigation is carried out. In 2023, the United States sent nearly $440 million in foreign aid to South Africa.

In a statement responding to President Trump’s post, Ramaphosa said that “we look forward to engaging with the Trump administration over our land reform policy and issues of bilateral interest. We are certain that out of those engagements, we will share a better and common understanding over these matters.”

“South Africa is a constitutional democracy that is deeply rooted in the rule of law, justice and equality,” Ramaphosa added. “The South African government has not confiscated any land.”