President Donald Trump on Sunday said that a “massive human rights violation” is why he’s cutting off U.S. aid to South Africa.

Trump signed an executive order to cut financial assistance to South Africa, the White House said on Friday, citing disapproval of the African nation’s land policy and of its genocide case at the International Court of Justice against Washington’s ally Israel.

The White House said Washington will also formulate a plan to resettle South African farmers and their families as refugees. It said U.S. officials will take steps to prioritize humanitarian relief, including admission and resettlement through the United States Refugee Admissions Program for Afrikaners in South Africa, who are mostly white descendants of early Dutch and French settlers.

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