“South Africa is being terrible, plus, to long time Farmers in the country. They are confiscating their LAND and FARMS, and MUCH WORSE THAN THAT. A bad place to be right now, and we are stopping all Federal Funding.”

Trump continued: “To go a step further, any Farmer (with family!) from South Africa, seeking to flee that country for reasons of safety, will be invited into the United States of America with a rapid pathway to Citizenship. This process will begin immediately!”

The president began feuding with the South African government early in his second term when he expressed anger about their new Expropriation Act, which allows the confiscation of private property without reimbursement.

The new law is widely seen as targeting white South African farmers, who still own the vast majority of farmland in the country three decades after the end of apartheid. Previous laws forced the government to pay landholders for expropriated property in a “willing buyer, willing seller” arrangement.”

This end to federal funding was pushed by the Department of State this week.

“To effectively implement [Executive Order 14204—Addressing Egregious Actions of The Republic of South Africa], all bureaus, offices and missions shall pause all obligations and/or dispersion of aid or assistance to South Africa,” read a Thursday directive signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has characterized the situation as South Africa being “bullied” by a larger nation seeking to undermine global cooperation.

“We are witnessing the rise of nationalism, protectionism, the pursuit of narrow interests, and the decline of common cause,” Ramaphosa said during an address to his nation in early February. “This is the world that we, as South Africa, a developing economy, must now navigate, but we are not daunted. We are, as South Africans, a resilient people, and we will not be bullied.”

The end of USAID disbursements to the country, which threatens to set back efforts against the spread of HIV and other lethal illnesses rampant on the continent, was debated in parliament on Thursday, during which members butted heads on how to properly negotiate with the White House.

“Not everyone hates Americans and not everyone here is saying the U.S. should go to hell. Some of us are saying stop listening to racists giving you wrong information but let’s get together and talk. Let Ramaphosa sit down with Trump and work out a deal,” said Gayton McKenzie, the country’s sport, arts and culture minister, according to South African outlet The Sunday Times.

He continued, “America needs South Africa, South Africa needs America. If we don’t work together, both will lose, but South Africa will lose more. America does not have doctors who are out of a job. We have medical students that are out of a job. Without Pepfar, it will be worse. People are going to die. HIV/Aids is going to kill our people.”

MP Julius Malema, leader of the Marxist-Leninist political party Economic Freedom Fighters, is among the most prominent voices of outrage, accusing the United States of harboring imperialist machinations about the future of South Africa.

“Before invading nations, the U.S. always fabricates human rights violations to justify interventions. Today, the same tactics are being used against South Africa,” Malema said during the debate, according to South African news outlet Independent Online.

“Trump engages in transactional and manipulative relations with the world as if it is his backyard,” he continued. “The USA has openly embraced the golden age of imperialism, extending its power through threats and termination of foreign aid.”

Tech billionaire and Trump adviser Elon Musk is a South African immigrant who is a vocal critic of his former nation’s government, specifically its treatment of wealthy white minority communities.

Musk previously scorned the Land Expropriation Act as part of a larger agenda of “openly racist ownership laws” pushed by South African officials.