Trump denies South Africa invitation to 2026 G20 summit in Miami

South Africa will not receive an invitation to attend the G20 Summit to be hosted under the US Presidency in Florida next year President Donald Trump said as he described the country as not being worthy of membership anywhereThe US takes over the Presidency of the G20 from South Africa and will head the grouping from December 1 2025 through November 30 2026The United States did not attend the G20 in South Africa because the South African Government refuses to acknowledge or address the horrific human right abuses endured by Afrikaners and other descendants of Dutch French and German settlers Trump said in a post on Truth Social WednesdayHe said South Africa has demonstrated to the world they are not a country worthy of membership anywhere and we are going to stop all payments and subsidies to them effective immediatelyAt the conclusion of the G20 South Africa refused to hand off the G20 Presidency to a Senior Representative from our US Embassy who attended the Closing Ceremony Therefore at my direction South Africa will not be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20 which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami Florida next year Trump saidSouth Africa assumed the yearlong G20 Presidency on December 1 2024It hosted the groupings leaders for a summit meeting in Johannesburg from November 22 to 23 the first time that the G20 Summit was held on African soilTrump has previously said that he will host the G20 leaders for the 2026 summit at his golf club near MiamiTrump did not travel to Johannesburg for the Summit and had said that no US Government Official would attend as long as the human rights abuses continuedTrump accused South Africa of killing white people and slammed the country for refusing to hand over the G20 Presidency to a senior American representative from the US EmbassyTo put it more bluntly they are killing white people and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them Perhaps worst of all the soon to be out of business New York Times and the Fake News Media wont issue a word against this genocide he saidSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa noted the regrettable statement by Trump on his countrys participation in the 2026 G20 meetingsA statement issued by the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa said that the G20 South Africa 2025 Leaders Summit was attended by several heads of state and governments and was hailed by all those who attended the summit as one of the most successful summitsPrime Minister Narendra Modi had attended the G20 Summit in Johannesburg and said that the successful summit will contribute to a prosperous and sustainable planetId like to thank the wonderful people of South Africa President Ramaphosa and the Government of South Africa for organising the Summit Modi had saidThe statement added that as the United States was not present at the summit instruments of the G20 Presidency were duly handed over to a US Embassy official at the Headquarters of South Africas Department of International Relations and CooperationIt said that as one of the founding members of the G20 South Africa has always valued the spirit of consensus collaboration and partnership that defines the G20 as the premier forum for international economic cooperationThe United States was expected to participate in all the meetings of the G20 during South Africas Presidency but unfortunately it elected not to attend the G20 Leaders Summit in Johannesburg out of its own volition it addedSouth Africa is a member of the G20 in its own name and right Its G20 membership is at the behest of all other members South Africa is a sovereign constitutional democratic country and does not appreciate insults from another country about its membership and worth in participating in global platforms it saidSouth Africa respects the sovereignty of all countries and will never insult or demean another country or its standing and worthiness in the community of nations it addedEmphasising that it will continue to participate as a full active and constructive member of the G20 South Africa called on G20 members to reaffirm its continued operation in the spirit of multilateralism based on consensus with all members participating on an equal footing in all of its structuresIt is regrettable that despite the efforts and numerous attempts by President Ramaphosa and his administration to reset the diplomatic relationship with the US President Trump continues to apply punitive measures against South Africa based on misinformation and distortions about our country it saidIn February this year just weeks after being sworn in as US President for a second term Trump issued an order condemning South Africas shocking disregard of its citizens rights by enacting legislation that enabled the government of South Africa to seize ethnic minority Afrikaners agricultural property without compensationThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its 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