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- Donald Trump says South Africa will not be invited to the 2026 G20 Summit in Miami, accusing the country of human rights abuses against white minorities.
- His remarks come after South Africa handed over the G20 Presidency to the U.S., and after the U.S. boycotted the recent G20 summit in Johannesburg.
- President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office has dismissed Trump’s claims as misinformed and “regrettable.”
The United States President Donald Trump says South Africa is not invited at the G20 Leaders’ Summit that will be held in Miami, Florida in 2026.
His social media rant comes just a day after South Africa formally handed over the G20 Presidency to the United States at the DIRCO headquarters in the City of Tshwane.
Trump’s administration boycotted last week’s G20 summit in Johannesburg, deepening an already existing rift that has been standing between Pretoria and Washington for a long time.
The rift between the two countries stems from unproven allegations that South Africa is killing the white minority and taking land from them, something that Trump has been ranting about since earlier this year.
“The United States did not attend the G20 in South Africa, because the South African Government refuses to acknowledge or address the horrific Human Right Abuses endured by Afrikaners, and other descendants of Dutch, French, and German settlers. To put it more bluntly, they are killing white people, and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them,” said Trump.
He says South Africa has proven itself that it is not worthy of the G20 membership.
“At the conclusion of the G20, South Africa refused to hand off the G20 Presidency to a Senior Representative from our U.S. Embassy, who attended the Closing Ceremony. Therefore, at my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year.
South Africa has demonstrated to the World they are not a country worthy of Membership anywhere, and we are going to stop all payments and subsidies to them, effective immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has described Trump’s comments as “regrettable”.
“It is regrettable that despite the efforts and numerous attempts by President Ramaphosa and his administration to reset the diplomatic relationship with the US, President Trump continues to apply punitive measures against South Africa based on misinformation and distortions about our country,” said Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya.
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