“It is an absolute disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa. Afrikaners (people who are descendants of Dutch settlers and French and German immigrants) are being killed and murdered, and their land and farms are illegally confiscated,” wrote Donald Trump on his Truth Social website.
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He added that no representative of the American government will participate in this event “as long as human rights are violated.” He also noted that he is looking forward to next year's G20 summit in Miami, Florida.
According to Reuters, Vice President JD Vance was supposed to represent the US in Johannesburg, but he is not going to the summit either.
Trump's allegations
On Wednesday, Trump expressed his belief that South Africa should not be in the G20. He then announced that he would not go to the G20 summit, scheduled for November 22-23. The US president said that Afrikaners are victims of discrimination in South Africa, which has a majority-black population. The government in Pretoria rejected these claims.
Trump announced that Afrikaners will be treated as a priority in the process of granting refugee status in the US. The White House has set the refugee admissions cap for fiscal year 2026 at a record low of 7,500. people.
