Trump Excludes South Africa from 2026 G20 Summit

President Donald Trump has declared that South Africa will not be invited to the upcoming G20 Summit in December 2026, which is set to take place in Miami, Florida, specifically at his Trump National Doral resort.

His decision is a direct consequence of the U.S. boycott of the 2025 G20 Summit held in Johannesburg, a move linked to ongoing human rights violations against White Afrikaner farmers, including incidents of killings and land seizures. Trump also accused the South African government of not transferring G20 presidency duties to a representative from the U.S. Embassy.

“Under my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year. South Africa has shown the world they are not a nation deserving of membership anywhere,” Trump stated on the Truth Social platform.

He highlighted that the U.S. did not attend the previous summit held in South Africa due to the government’s failure to address these severe human rights issues affecting Afrikaners and descendants of Dutch, French, and German settlers.

“To be blunt, they are killing White people and allowing their farms to be taken from them,” Trump asserted, emphasizing that South Africa also declined to pass on the G20 presidency to a senior U.S. Embassy official.

The Group of Twenty (G20) comprises 19 countries, including the U.S., Canada, and South Africa, along with two regional entities, the EU and the AU. This configuration has remained the same since the group formed in 1999.

On May 21st, Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had a meeting at the White House to talk about trade and the G20 summit. However, the discussion soon turned confrontational as Trump pressed Ramaphosa about the systemic targeting and persecution of White Afrikaner farmers, an issue he labeled as genocidal, rooted in the government’s land reform policies.