Although the Expropriation Act, which was signed by South African president Cyril Ramaphosa in January, includes safeguards against abuse, Trump proclaimed that “South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY," and vowed to order an investigation by the U.S. government.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a massive human rights violation.

Trump’s comments waded into a sensitive racial issue and deepened already sharp divisions between the United States and South Africa.