Trump Signs Executive Order Freezing Aid to South Africa

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 7 freezing aid to South Africa, alleging discrimination against the nation’s white minority. “The government of South Africa blatantly discriminates against ethnic minority Afrikaners,” the White House wrote in a summary of the order. The president will also work to resettle white South African farmers and their families, labeling them as refugees, the White House added. “As long as South Africa continues to support bad actors on the world stage and allows violent attacks on innocent disfavored minority farmers, the United States will stop aid and assistance to the country,” the summary reads....