South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared his support for LGBTQI+ rights during a response to anti-South Africa vitriol coming last week from U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk, a South Africa native. Ramaphosa issued a statement denying Trump’s accusations: “South Africa is a constitutional democracy that is deeply rooted in the rule of law, justice and equality. He also pointed out that Trump’s threat about cutting funding has little relevance, saying: “With the exception of PEPFAR Aid, which constitutes 17% of South Africa’s HIV/AIDS programme, there is no other funding that is received by South Africa from the United States.”