‘Total disgrace that…’: Trump says US will boycott G20 summit in South Africa, cites THIS reason for skipping the event

The G20 Johannesburg Summit will be the twentieth meeting of the Group of Twenty, a meeting of heads of state and government planned from 22 to 23 November 2025. It will be the first G20 summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa and on the African continent.

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that no American officials will take part in this year’s G20 Summit in South Africa. He said the decision was made because of what he called the unfair treatment of white farmers in the country. Trump had already confirmed he would not personally attend the summit, but according to sources cited by the Associated Press, Vice President JD Vance, who was expected to lead the U.S. delegation, will also skip the event.

Trump wrote on his Truth Social account that it was “a total disgrace” for the G20 to be held in South Africa, claiming that Afrikaners descendants of Dutch, French, and German settlers were being “killed and their land taken illegally.” He said the U.S. would not send any officials until these alleged human rights abuses stop.

Trump added that he looks forward to hosting the next G20 Summit in 2026 in Miami, Florida.

“It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa. Afrikaners (People who are descended from Dutch settlers, and also French and German immigrants) are being killed and slaughtered, and their land and farms are being illegally confiscated. No US Government Official will attend as long as these Human Rights abuses continue. I look forward to hosting the 2026 G20 in Miami, Florida,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

Reason behind US boycotting this year’s G-20 Summit

The United States is boycotting this year’s G20 Summit in South Africa after President Donald Trump claimed that white farmers in the country are being mistreated. Trump said his administration believes South Africa’s government has allowed attacks and discrimination against minority Afrikaner farmers, who are descendants of Dutch, French, and German settlers. He also went a step further, suggesting that South Africa should be removed from the G20 group altogether. Trump cited “the mistreatment of white farmers in the country” as the reason behind the boycott.

South African officials have strongly denied these allegations, saying they are based on misinformation. President Cyril Ramaphosa stated that he personally told Trump that the reports of persecution against white farmers are “completely false.”

The South African government also expressed surprise at the U.S. stance, pointing out that white citizens still enjoy higher living standards than most Black South Africans, even decades after the end of apartheid.

Earlier this year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not attend a G20 foreign ministers’ summit because it focused on issues like diversity, inclusion, and climate change.

The G20 Johannesburg Summit will be the twentieth meeting of the Group of Twenty, a meeting of heads of state and government planned from 22 to 23 November 2025. It will be the first G20 summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa and on the African continent.