Donald Trump is throwing his weight into the racial politics of South Africa, the country where Elon Musk grew up as the son of a wealthy property developer under apartheid. The president announced this week that he would withhold all aid from the country as punishment for a law intended to address persistent racial disparities in the formerly white supremacist state,

In recent days, Musk and Trump have discussed halting aid to the country. The president said "certain classes" are being treated "VERY BADLY."

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said he will cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a human rights violation, a move that reflects Elon Musk's repeated and false claims over the years that authorities in his country of birth are anti-white and even encouraging the killing of white people.