Trump declares US boycott of G20, calls summit in South Africa a ‘disgrace’

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said no US officials would attend the G20 summit in South Africa later this month, reviving debunked claims of white citizens being systematically “killed and slaughtered” in the country.

“It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa,” Trump said on his Truth Social network.

“No US Government Official will attend as long as these Human Rights abuses continue.”

It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa. Afrikaners (People who are descended from Dutch settlers, and also French and German immigrants) are being killed and slaughtered, and their land and farms are being illegally confiscated. No U.S. Government…

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Trump had said in September that Vice President JD Vance would attend the G20 summit instead of him.

The US president plans to host the 2026 summit at his golf resort in Miami.

Trump said on Wednesday that South Africa should be removed from the G20 and that he will not attend the country’s upcoming summit.

The summit is scheduled for November 22-23 in South Africa.