Politics Trump threatens to boycott the US G20 summit in South Africa
US President Donald Trump is threatening South Africa with a US boycott of the G20 summit in Johannesburg this month.
08.11.2025, 00:39
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In a post on the Truth Social platform, the Republican accused the country of killing white farmers and illegally confiscating their land. Trump did not provide any evidence and went on to write: "As long as these human rights violations continue, no representative of the US government will attend." Trump described it as a "disgrace" that the G20 summit is taking place in South Africa.
The group of leading industrialized and emerging economies (G20) includes 19 countries, the European Union and the African Union. The countries include the major Western democracies such as the USA, Germany and the UK, but also authoritarian states such as Russia, China and Saudi Arabia. The summit is scheduled for November 22 and 23.
US Vice President Vance was actually due to attend
Trump had already canceled his participation at the beginning of September. Instead, he wanted to send Vice President JD Vance. However, with Trump's new threat, it is now unclear whether this will happen at all.
Unsubstantiated accusations: Trump has already spoken of "genocide"
There have long been political differences of opinion between the USA and South Africa. In May, Trump publicly confronted South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa during his visit to the White House. The US President had already bombarded his guest with unsubstantiated accusations that South Africa was committing "genocide" against white farmers. South Africa rejected the accusation. Experts contradict Trump's account of an alleged genocide in South Africa.
The US President has repeatedly complained of discrimination against white minorities in South Africa, in particular the so-called Afrikaans, who are descendants of Dutch settlers. Until the early 1990s, they led the racist apartheid regime in South Africa, which systematically discriminated against the black majority.
Trump hosts next summit in Miami
Trump ended his post on Truth Social by saying that he was looking forward to his role as host of the next G20 summit in Miami, Florida. According to his earlier statements, one of his golf resorts is to be the venue for the summit.
The US President had assured at the time that no money would be made from this. The luxury Doral resort near Miami is located very close to an airport and is "the best location" for the summit in December 2026. The Washington Post had reported at the time that Trump had already planned to host a G7 summit there during his first term of office - but there had been criticism from many sides.
