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Pretoria unfazed by US G20 boycott, prioritises global solidarity
Trump boycotts G20 summit over false claims of Afrikaner killings and land theft, while 67 heads of state plan to attend, affirming support for equality and sustainability.
- On Friday, US President Donald Trump banned all US officials from attending the Johannesburg G20 on 22 and 23 November, cancelling US Vice-President JD Vance’s planned visit after months of preparation.
- His boycott rested on disputed claims that Afrikaners are being killed and farms illegally confiscated, while Trump appeared to confuse South Africa with South America in a Miami speech last Thursday.
- The African National Congress denounced Trump's claims as `deliberate attempts to distort the reality of South Africa's democracy` and Germany alongside Pope Leo XIV backed South Africa's G20 agenda, expecting 67 heads of state to attend.
- Two months ago, Trump had said Vice-President JD Vance would lead the US delegation, and the boycott raises doubt over who will receive the Nov. 22 and 23 G20 handover.
- Mr. Trump's stance reflects sustained hostility to multilateral institutions, while Johannesburg, South Africa, as the first African G20 host, gains middle powers' backing for solidarity, equality, and sustainability.
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No US officials are expected to take part in the G20 summit held in South Africa on 22 and 23 November. Vice-President JD Vance was to represent Washington, at war against Pretoria on behalf of the fate reserved for white farmers.
U.S. President Donald Trump said that no government official in his country will attend the Group of 20 summit this year in South Africa, due to the treatment he said the country gives to white farmers. Trump had already announced that he would not attend the annual summit of heads of state of the major world economies, both consolidated and emerging. JD Vance planned to attend instead, but a person familiar with the plans told the Guardian news…
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