US EditionTrump Announces U.S. Boycott of G20 in South Africa
The U.S. cites disputed human rights concerns about white South Africans and will send no officials to the Johannesburg G20, following earlier refugee and asylum actions.
- On Nov. 22, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the United States will not participate in this month's G20 summit in South Africa, writing `It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa` and saying no officials will attend.
- Trump cited disputed claims that white South Africans, including Afrikaners, face persecution and land confiscation, while the U.S. granted asylum to 60 white South Africans and set the refugee cap to 7,500 with preference for them next year.
- South Africa's foreign ministry responded that characterising Afrikaners as exclusively white is ahistorical and called persecution claims unsubstantiated, while the government described allegations of a so‑called 'white genocide' as widely discredited.
- Vice President J.D. Vance was planned to attend but the administration later said no U.S. delegation would be sent, risking summit outcomes as the U.S. assumes G20 presidency in December 2025 and plans to host in Miami in 2026.
- The boycott marks an escalation in diplomatic tensions over land reform and foreign policy and poses a reputational test for South Africa as the first African country to host a G20 Heads of State summit, while the G20 collectively represents 85% of the world's economic output.
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US boycotts G20 event to protest ‘whites’ killing’
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has said no US officials will attend the G20 summit in South Africa, reviving debunked claims of white Afrikaners being systematically “killed and slaughtered” in the country. Trump had announced in September that Vice President JD Vance would travel to the meeting later this month instead of him, but has now said that US representatives will skip it entirely. “It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held i…
Since the takeover of the left-wing ANC in South Africa, the white Africans have been systematically disenfranchised, expelled and brutally murdered. US President Donald Trump therefore does not want to send a delegation to the G20 summit. Apartheid may have created a multi-class society, but old injustice is not remedied with new injustice. Especially the Buren farmers, Africans, suffer from the general political tolerance towards the racist vi…
Trump Says US To Boycott G20 Summit In South Africa
Donald Trump has sparked global controversy — again. This time, he’s pulled the US out of the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa, claiming white South Africans are being “killed and slaughtered.” But is there any truth to that? Experts say no.“It’s a total disgrace,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, accusing South Africa of persecuting its white minority and illegally seizing farms. Yet, South Africa’s government swiftly fired back, calling his rem…
Donald Trump has announced that no US officials will attend the G20 summit in South Africa after he made unsubstantiated claims that white people are being killed in South Africa.
Trump to boycott G20 summit in South Africa over 'white genocide' claims
Trump, claiming without evidence that whites in South Africa face 'genocide,' announced the U.S. will boycott this month’s G20 summit in Johannesburg, calling it a 'disgrace' to hold the event amid alleged human rights violations
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