Trump cuts financial aid to South Africa

Trump cuts financial aid to South Africa



South Africa is one of the latest countries President Trump has targeted since taking office. Last week, the White House issued an executive order completely cutting off financial assistance to the country. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta has more.

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26 thoughts on “Trump cuts financial aid to South Africa

  1. People in general have a bad habit of believing what they want to believe and denying the truth. Reports like this one is proof that the media still believes it can lie and lie and lie and social engineer whenever it wants.

  2. White Africans BUILT the country.

    Under apartheid Ativan people FLOODED to SA to get jobs. They couldn’t vote. 🗳️ So what. If I considered moving to China or Saudi Arabia I would make that decision factoring in the fact that I couldn’t vote. That’s my decision as a migrant.

    Now they FLEE and the country is DYING

  3. Typical leftwing lies from the media. We all know what happened to white farmers in Zimbabwe and the same thing is now taking place in S.A. Applause to Mr Trump for taking a stand for these forgotten and deliberately ignored people.

  4. The real insult is that Africa doesn’t need aid—it needs economic freedom. If African nations had full control over their resources, trade, and finances, they could generate their own wealth without foreign interference. Western powers know this, which is why they keep offering “aid” instead of letting Africa truly rise.

  5. Because it’s not really about helping—it’s about control. Western nations and institutions like the IMF and World Bank use aid as a tool to keep Africa dependent, rather than self-sufficient. If Africa truly developed its own industries, controlled its own resources, and united economically, it wouldn’t need aid in the first place. But that would mean less profit and power for the West.

    Aid often comes with strings attached—countries receiving aid are pressured to follow policies that benefit the donor nations, like privatizing industries, opening up markets to foreign companies, or taking on debts they can never repay. This creates a cycle where African countries are forced to rely on outside help instead of developing their own economies.

    The real insult is that Africa doesn’t need aid—it needs economic freedom. If African nations had full control over their resources, trade, and finances, they could generate their own wealth without foreign interference. Western powers know this, which is why they keep offering “aid” instead of letting Africa truly rise.

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