The leader of South Africa calls Elona Musk for ‘distortion’ after Trump’s attack | News Donald Trump
The Presidency says the two of them spoke after the US president said he would suspend assistance to South Africa for his policy of land reform.
South African President Cyril Ramaphos spoke with Elon male about “disinformation” about South Africa after US President Donald Trump said he would suspend the country because of his policy policy.
South African billionaire Musk, who is close to Trump, on Monday he entered into a dispute with work on X, who accused South Africa of “open racist ownership laws,” suggesting that they were whites.
Trump accused South Africa on Sunday of seizing the land and acting badly with the “certain classes of people.”
Ramaphos replied, saying that the government had not seized any property, and the policy focused on ensuring a fair public approach to the land.
The Presidency said in a statement that Ramaphos and Musk spoke on Monday “about the issues of misinformation and distortion of” about South Africa.
“In this process, the President reiterated the constitutional embedded values of South Africa’s respect for the rule of law, justice, fairness and equality,” states, without further detail.
Yesterday, February 3, 2025, president @Cyrilramaphos talked with @Elonmusk About issues of misinformation and distortion on South Africa.
In this process, the President reiterated the constitutional embedded values of South Africa respect for the rule of law, justice,… pic.twitter.com/p5cx9ggtyh
– Presidency 🇿🇦 (@pressanceca) 4 February 2025
‘Full investigation’
The US president has already announced the temporary freezing almost all the side of help as part of his agenda “American First”, pausing billions of dollars of global financing.
Last month, Ramaphos signed a law that would make it easier for the state to equalize land in public interest in resolving racial inequality owned by land after Apartheid ended in 1994.
According to the Government, the bill does not allow him to arbitrarily expropriation of property; The landowner must reach an agreement.
Writing about the truth of Social, Trump said: “I will cut off all future financing in South Africa until a complete investigation of this situation is completed.”
In response, the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation in South Africa said: “We believe that President Trump advisers will take advantage of the investigative period to gain a thorough understanding of South Africa’s policies within the Constitutional Democracy.
“It may become clear that our expropriation law is not exceptional, because many countries have similar legislation.”
Ramaphos added that, in addition to the AIDSS assistance program, operated by the US International Development Agency (USAID), the United States in South Africa do not provide other significant funding.
