Trump to boycott G-20 summit, making serious allegations against South Africa

US President Donald Trump has announced that no US representative will attend this year's G-20 summit. He claimed that a 'genocide' is underway against white farmers in South Africa and that it amounts to human rights violations.

In a post on social media Truth on Friday (November 7), Trump wrote, 'It is an absolute disgrace that the G-20 summit is being held in South Africa. Afrikaners are being killed and tortured, their land is being illegally confiscated. As long as these human rights violations continue, no US government official will attend the summit.'

He also said that he is eagerly waiting to host the 2026 G-20 summit in Miami, USA. The heads of state of the world's major economic powers are scheduled to attend the G-20 summit to be held in Johannesburg on November 22 and 23.

Earlier, Trump had announced that he would not attend the summit himself, and also demanded that South Africa be expelled from the G-20. However, even if Trump did not go, US Vice President JD Vance was supposed to be sent to the summit. However, sources said that JD Vance will not visit South Africa after the US president's comments.

Tensions between the two countries have long been over South Africa's agricultural land reform law. President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken steps to reduce land inequality through the new law, which allows land acquisition without compensation in exceptional circumstances. Ramaphosa claims that this is not 'land theft', but fair redistribution.

But Trump has repeatedly accused South Africa of unfairly treating white farmers. In May, the US granted asylum to a group of white South Africans, claiming they were 'victims of racial discrimination'.

Earlier, during a meeting at the White House, Trump directly questioned South African President Ramaphosa about 'white genocide'. Ramaphosa strongly protested, saying that no such persecution is taking place in South Africa. Expressing the same position, historians and researchers in the country have also commented that Trump's claim is 'unsubstantiated and fabricated'. According to them, the fact that South Africa filed a genocide case against Israel in Gaza at the International Court of Justice may also play a role in Trump's dissatisfaction.