Donald Trump Announces That South Africa Will Not Be Invited to the G20 Summit in the US
- The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said South Africa will not be receiving an invitation to the G20 Summit, which will be held in the US
- He posted on social media days after the conclusion of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, which the United States did not attend
- The tensions between the United States and South Africa continue as Trump repeated his allegations of human rights abuses in the country
Tebogo Mokwena, affiliated with Briefly News, covered local and international politics, political analysis, and interviews in South Africa for Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News during his 10 years of experience.
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UNITED STATES — President Donald Trump announced that South Africa will not be invited to attend the 2026 G20 Summit in the United States.
Trump posted the announcement on his Truth Social account. Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social posted the tweet on its @TrumpDailyPosts X account. In the announcement, Trump noted that the United States did not attend the G20 Summit in Johannesburg on 22 and 23 November 2025 because of alleged human rights abuses directed at Afrikaners and other descendants of settlers.
Trump continues beef with South Africa
Trump accused the South African government of killing white people and seizing land. He blamed the media and accused it of not reporting on the alleged white genocide. He also slammed the South African government for not handing over the G20 Presidency to a US official.
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"South Africa has demonstrated to the world they are not a country worthy of membership anymore, and we are going to stop all payments and subsidies to them, effective immediately," he said.
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How US-SA tensions affected G20 Summit
Tensions between the United States and South Africa were exacerbated when Trump accused the South African government of genocide against white people. Trump also alleged that the South African government is seizing white farmers' lands.
Following Trump's decision to cut aid to South Africa in February 2025, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that he would not be attending the G20 Summit. He echoed Trump's allegations and said that very bad things were happening in South Africa.
Other nations also allied with Trump's decision to boycott the G20 Summit. The President of Argentina, Javier Milei, announced that he would skip the G20 Summit. He said his decision was taken in line with Washington's stance.
Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, also announced that she would not be attending the Summit. The South African government was not deterred and hosted a successful G20 Summit with more than 50 heads of state in attendance.
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Gareth Cliff responds to Donald Trump's announcement
In a related article, Briefly News reported that radio personality Gareth Cliff reacted to Trump's decision to block South Africa from attending the G20 Summit in 2026 in the US. The Summit will be held in Miami.
Cliff shared the tweet on his X account and responded with one word. South Africans debated his response and Trump's announcement in the comment section.
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