Donald Trump Plans to Skip G20 Meeting in SA, Threatens Boycott Over Genocide and Land Grab Claims

• Donald Trump will not attend the upcoming G20 leaders’ summit in November in South Africa
• The President of the USA stated that he would not visit unless the government dealt with the genocide
• Trump maintained that terrible things were happening in the country, including land grabs and racial killings

Briefly News journalist Byron Pillay has dedicated a decade to reporting on the South African political landscape, crime, and social issues. He spent 10 years working for the Northern Natal Courier before transitioning to online journalism.

WASHINGTON, DC – Donald Trump has no intention of attending the G20 meeting in South Africa unless the government deals with the ‘genocide’ in the country.

The President of the United States of America has made it clear that he will not be setting foot in the country unless the ‘situation’ is taken care of.

Members of his cabinet have been boycotting meetings throughout 2025, echoing Trump’s false claims that white Afrikaners were being persecuted in the country.

Trump claims he won’t attend the G20 meeting

Speaking at a White House press conference on Monday, 12 May 2025, the president of the USA stated that he would not travel to South Africa for the G20 leaders’ summit in November.

Trump stated that he would only do so if the South African government dealt with the genocide of white Afrikaners.

“South Africa’s leadership is coming to see me, I understand, sometime next week, and we are supposed to have a G20 meeting there or something. I don’t know how we can go unless that situation is taken care of,” he said.

Trump made the comments after the first group of Afrikaners arrived in South Africa as refugees thanks to his executive order.

Trump maintains that terrible things are happening

During the press conference, the US President maintained that terrible things were happening in South Africa, including land grabs and indiscriminate killings of white South Africans.

He added that the 49 Afrikaners who arrived in the country fled South Africa because they were under attack there. He further stated that people who lived in the country told him how terrible it was.

What you need to know about Trump’s South African comments

• Trump cut all funding to South Africa after Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Land Expropriation Act.
• Donald Trump signed an executive order to classify Afrikaner farmers as refugees in the USA.
• Trump again offered citizenship to Afrikaans farmers and their families if they felt threatened in South Africa.
• The US President called South Africa a dangerous place in a tweet, which he later deleted.
• The US imposed 30% tariffs on South Africa as Trump maintained that terrible things were happening.

What is the G20?

The G20 is a forum of various countries that meet regularly to discuss global economic issues. It is made up of two regional bodies and 19 different countries. The current members are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States, plus the African Union and European Union.

According to the World Economic Forum, the G20 represents approximately 85% of global GDP, a share that has increased over the past two decades, over 75% of international trade, and about two-thirds of the world’s population.

The G20 presidency rotates annually among member countries, with the host selected from a different region each year. In 2023, Indonesia held the presidency; last year, it was Brazil’s turn, and this year, South Africa is taking the lead. The G20 brings together leaders from both developed and emerging economies, offering a much broader and more diverse range of perspectives on global issues.

South Africa assumed the G20 presidency at the end of 2024. As president, it is responsible for organising and chairing more than 100 meetings held throughout the year.

Trump blasts media for failing to report on genocide cases

In a related article, Trump accused the media of not reporting on the alleged genocide and land confiscations in South Africa.

The President of the US stated that newspapers and television media refused to talk about the situation in the country.

Briefly News reported that the United States' Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau also repeated the false claims of genocide.

Source: Briefly News