U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the media astir hosting the G20 summit, accompanied by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, successful the Oval Office, astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., U.S., September 5, 2025.
Brian Snyder | Reuters
President Donald Trump said connected Friday that nary U.S. authorities authoritative would be the Group of 20 acme successful South Africa aboriginal this month, due to the fact that of what helium said were "human rights abuses" taking spot successful the country.
South Africa's overseas ministry described the determination arsenic "regrettable" and repeated its rejection of Trump's claims that achromatic Afrikaners look persecution based connected their contention successful the Black-majority country.
"It is simply a full disgrace that the G20 volition beryllium held successful South Africa," Trump said successful a Truth Social post. "Afrikaners (People who are descended from Dutch settlers, and besides French and German immigrants) are being killed and slaughtered, and their onshore and farms are being illegally confiscated."
"No U.S. Government Official volition be arsenic agelong arsenic these Human Rights abuses continue. I look guardant to hosting the 2026 G20 successful Miami, Florida!" Trump said.
JD Vance volition present not travel, root says
Vice President JD Vance, who was expected to be the Group of 20 satellite leaders successful Johannesburg successful Nov 22-23, was nary longer going, a root acquainted with the substance said.
Trump has taken contented with South African home and overseas policies - ranging from its onshore argumentation to its lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide successful the U.S. ally's warfare successful Gaza.
The president past period acceptable the lowest headdress connected grounds for U.S. exile admissions and said those radical admitted would beryllium focused mostly connected achromatic Afrikaners.
South Africa's overseas ministry said it had taken enactment of Trump's "regrettable" station connected the platform, and reiterated Pretoria's oft-stated rejection of the accusation that Afrikaners are subjected to oppression.
Claim not substantiated by fact
"The assertion that this assemblage faces persecution is not substantiated by fact," the ministry said, adding that South Africa's past of radical inequality gives it the acquisition to assistance the satellite tackle divisions done the G20 platform.
"Our federation is uniquely positioned to champion wrong the G20 a aboriginal of genuine solidarity," it said, adding that it looked guardant to hosting a palmy summit.
Earlier this year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio besides boycotted a G20 overseas ministers' gathering successful South Africa, which has the G20 presidency from December 2024 to November 2025.
The United States is acceptable to instrumentality implicit the G20 presidency from South Africa.
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