Professor Andre Thomashausen, a renowned expert in international law from the University of South Africa, warned that the exodus of successful farmers to the US could severely threaten South Africa’s food security.

Trump’s comments waded into a sensitive racial issue and deepened already sharp divisions between the United States and South Africa.

U.S. President Donald Trump's attacks on what he alleges is South Africa's mistreatment of its white minority are being met with mockery on social media by some white South Africans poking fun at their own privilege.