US EditionTrump says no US government official will attend G20 summit in South Africa
- On Friday, President Donald Trump announced a U.S. boycott of the Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa on Nov. 22 and 23, with Vice President JD Vance no longer attending.
- Trump has repeatedly argued that Afrikaners face violence and land seizures, amplified claims as 'genocide' in an Oval Office exchange with President Cyril Ramaphosa, and earlier this week urged South Africa's removal from the Group of 20.
- In a Nov. 7 Truth Social post, President Donald Trump called the summit 'a total disgrace' and said, `No US government official will attend as long as these human rights abuses continue`.
- The Department of International Relations and Cooperation said the 'white genocide' claim is discredited, and the South African government denied persecution claims, emphasizing dialogue.
- For 2026, Trump plans to host the G20 summit at his Doral resort, Miami, while the administration cut refugee admissions to 7,500 prioritizing white South Africans; earlier this year Secretary of State Marco Rubio boycotted a G20 meeting.
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South Africa: Trump Says No US Official Will Attend G20 in South Africa, Cites Human Rights Abuses
United States President, Donald Trump, has said no American official will attend the G20 summit in South Africa later this month, citing "human rights abuses" taking place in the former apartheid country.
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Washington. President Donald Trump reiterated yesterday that no U.S. government official will attend the G20 summit, which brings together the 20 largest economies in the world, and described it as “shameful” to be held in South Africa, after accusing the South African government, without proof, of committing abuses, discrimination and human rights violations against Afrikaners, white farmers in the country. Pretoria rejected the allegations by …
President Donald Trump of the United States said that no representative of the United States would participate in the G-20 summit in South Africa.
Trump alluded to an alleged silent genocide against the Afrikan population to question South Africa's permanence in the G20.
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