South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared to respond to threats from U.S. counterpart Donald Trump by saying in his annual speech to the nation that his country would “not be bullied.”

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that his country "will not be bullied," days after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would cut off funding to South Africa over a land reform act.

The comments come after Washington’ s decision to skip G20 talks to be held in Johannesburg, and days after US President Donald Trump announced funding cuts over Pretoria’ s land expropriation bill.South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa came out in defense of his country during a national address on Thursday,