Elon Musk has once again slammed South Africa's laws, describing it as a shameful disgrace to Nelson Mandela, and his comments have divided many on social media.

Sam Altman made fun of Grok's controversial 'white genocide' mentions on X, perhaps escalating his feud with Elon Musk.

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Elon Musk shared a video of white crosses said to mark the graves of farmers who were brutally killed, as part of racial attacks by black people against Afrikaners.

In February, South Africa criticised Trump's executive order opening the US up to the resettlement of white Afrikaners, saying in a statement that "it is ironic" the US is open to accepting a group "that remains amongst the most economically privileged" while denying vulnerable people from other parts of the world asylum.

Others accused Elon Musk of influencing Trump’s South Africa agenda. “And Elon Musk is whispering his soggy, white, apartheid breath into Trump’s ear, guiding this decision. Trump never has original ideas,” wrote one commenter.

The announcement comes after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged a $600 billion investment in the U.S. in January during Trump’s first phone call to a foreign leader as president. The White House is floating the idea of renaming the body of water to the “Arabian Gulf,” a move that will please Saudi and the U.S.’s other Arab allies.