[DM] President Donald Trump threatened to cut all future funding to South Africa in an effort to punish the government for allowing what he called 'human rights violations.'
In the first month of his second presidential term, Trump has set to work imposing tariffs on foreign nations, sparking retaliatory measures in return from both Mexico and Canada.
Undeterred, Trump shared to Truth Social on Sunday that he's now set his sights on South Africa - in an apparent reaction to a new law over land expropriation.
'South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY,' he wrote.
'It is a bad situation that the Radical Left Media doesn't want to so much as mention.
'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.
'Also, I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!'
It is unclear what led to Trump's post, but his billionaire buddy Elon Musk, who has become a close ally of the President recently, was born in South Africa.
According to a statement from the South African government, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed an expropriation bill into law this month.
‘Local, provincial and national authorities will use this legislation to expropriate land in the public interest for varied reasons that seek, among others, to promote inclusivity and access to natural resources,’ the government said. 
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