Trump says no US government official will attend G20 summit in South AfricaPresident Donald Trump said on Friday that no US government official would attend the Group of 20 summit in South Africa later this month, because of what he said were "human rights abuses" taking place in the country. South Africa's foreign ministry described the decision as "regrettable" and repeated its rejection of Trump's claims that white Afrikaners face persecution based on their race in the Black-majority country. "It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa," Trump said in a Truth Social post. Earlier this year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio also boycotted a G20 foreign ministers' meeting in South Africa, which has the G20 presidency from December 2024 to November 2025. The United States is set to take over the G20 presidency from South Africa.
