CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Donald Trump’s “influential” billionaire adviser Elon Musk a day after the new U.S. president promised to cut funding for South Africa over a land expropriation law, Ramaphosa’s spokesperson said Wednesday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday he spoke with billionaire and ally of US President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, to “reinforce" Musk's understanding of the nation’s Expropriation Act. Trump has threatened to cut funding to South Africa over alleged land confiscations.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responded on Monday to US President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off aid over the alleged mistreatment of White farmers, denying Trump’s claim that authorities were “confiscating land.