The United States will not send an official delegation to the Group of 20 Summit to be held in South Africa later this month, said US President Donald Trump late on Friday evening.
“It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.
The Trump administration has long accused the South African government of discriminating against its white minority, citing alleged land seizures and violence, which the South African government denies.
“No US government official will attend as long as these human rights abuses continue,” Trump said in his post.
It is worth noting that despite being a minority in South Africa, vast amounts of resources are owned by the white South African community living there.
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This concentration of wealth with the minority population has, in fact, widened the gap between the poor ethnic population in majority and the ethnic descendants of European colonisers.
During a business event in Miami earlier this week, the US President had proposed the expulsion of South Africa from the Group of 20.
In September, he announced that he would skip the G20 summit this year, saying Vice President JD Vance would attend in his place.
Each year, a different country assumes the G20 presidency and sets the agenda for that year, with the US due to take on the role next year. Trump plans to hold the next G20 summit in Miami at the same location he proposed to host the 2020 Group of Seven (G7) summit during his first term.
This year’s summit would be held on November 22-23.
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