Trump Freezes All South African Assistance as Standoff Escalates

  • US takes issue with new South African land-expropriation law
  • Order halts funding, says US to offer plan to resettle farmers

Cyril Ramaphosa

Photographer: Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump froze all US aid to South Africa over what he falsely claimed were rights violations stemming from a new land-expropriation law, as well as its allegations of genocide against Israel.

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